Martin A. Nowak
Harvard University
598 Papers
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Martin A. Nowak is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Evolutionary dynamics. The author has an hindex of 148, co-authored 591 publications. Previous affiliations of Martin A. Nowak include Science Applications International Corporation & Max Planck Society.
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Papers
Viral dynamics in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection
Xiping Wei,Sajal Ghosh,Maria E. Taylor,Victoria A. Johnson,Emilio A. Emini,Deutsch Paul J,Jeffrey D. Lifson,Sebastian Bonhoeffer,Martin A. Nowak,Beatrice H. Hahn,Michael S. Saag,George M. Shaw +11 more
TL;DR: Almost complete replacement of wild-type virus in plasma by drug-resistant variants occurs after fourteen days, indicating that HIV-1 viraemia is sustained primarily by a dynamic process involving continuous rounds of de novo virus infection and replication and rapid cell turnover.
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Quantitative analysis of culture using millions of digitized books
Jean-Baptiste Michel,Yuan Kui Shen,Yuan Kui Shen,Aviva Presser Aiden,Adrian Veres,Matthew K. Gray,Joseph P. Pickett,Dale Hoiberg,Dan Clancy,Peter Norvig,Jon Orwant,Steven Pinker,Martin A. Nowak,Erez Lieberman Aiden +13 more
TL;DR: This work surveys the vast terrain of ‘culturomics,’ focusing on linguistic and cultural phenomena that were reflected in the English language between 1800 and 2000, and shows how this approach can provide insights about fields as diverse as lexicography, the evolution of grammar, collective memory, the adoption of technology and the pursuit of fame.
Evolution of indirect reciprocity by image scoring
TL;DR: It is proposed that the emergence of indirect reciprocity was a decisive step for the evolution of human societies and the probability of knowing the ‘image’ of the recipient must exceed the cost-to-benefit ratio of the altruistic act.
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Habitat destruction and the extinction debt
TL;DR: A model is described that explains multispecies coexistence in patchy habitats and which predicts that their abundance may be fleeting, a future ecological cost of current habitat destruction.
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Evolution of indirect reciprocity.
TL;DR: The evolution of cooperation by indirect reciprocity leads to reputation building, morality judgement and complex social interactions with ever-increasing cognitive demands.