88. Beautiful Science
Undeceptions with John Dickson
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The Evolution of Symmetry in Algorithms
In his book The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins shows the power of natural selection. He has a model called Biomorphs that he uses to illustrate how evolution works. We're going to use this with another computer program which will randomly mutate plants and animals into simple shapes. Rachel: Can we have a volunteer to run the Biomorphs? Oh yes! Please click here for more information about volunteering at BBC iPlayer.
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