Martin A. Nowak
Selected Publications
Nowak MA (2012). Evolving cooperation. J theor Biol 299: 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.01.014 PDF
Beale N, DG Rand, H Battey, K Croxson, RM May, MA Nowak (2011). Individual versus systemic risk and the Regulator's Dilemma. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108 (31): 12647-12652. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1105882108 PDF
Michel JB, YK Shen, A Presser Aiden, A Veres, MK Gray, The Google Books Team, JP Pickett, D Hoiberg, D Clancy, P Norvig, J Orwant, S Pinker, MA Nowak, E Lieberman Aiden (2011). Quantitative analysis of culture using millions of digitized books. Science 331 (6014): 176-182. doi: 10.1126/science.1199644 PDF
Nowak MA, R Highfield (2011). SuperCooperators: Why We Need Each Other to Succeed. Simon & Schuster.
Nowak MA, CE Tarnita, EO Wilson (2011). Nowak et al. reply. Nature 471 (7339): E9-E10. doi: 10.1038/nature09836 PDF
Rand DG, MA Nowak (2011). The evolution of antisocial punishment in optional public goods games. Nat Commun 2: 434. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1442 PDF
Tarnita CE, N Wage, MA Nowak (2011). Multiple strategies in structured populations. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108 (6): 2334-2337. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1016008108 PDF
Bozic I, T Antal, H Ohtsuki, H Carter, D Kim, S Chen, R Karchin, KW Kinzler, B Vogelstein, MA Nowak (2010). Accumulation of driver and passenger mutations during tumor progression. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107: 18545–18550. PDF
Nowak MA, CE Tarnita, EO Wilson (2010). The evolution of eusociality. Nature 466: 1057-1062. doi: 10.1038/nature09205 PDF
Yachida S, S Jones, I Bozic, T Antal, R Leary, B Fu, M Kamiyama, RH Hruban, JR Eshleman, MA Nowak, VE Velculescu, KW Kinzler, B Vogelstein, CA Iacobuzio-Donahue (2010). Distant metastasis occurs late during the genetic evolution of pancreatic cancer. Nature 467: 1114–1117. PDF
Antal T, H Ohtsuki, J Wakeley, PD Taylor, MA Nowak (2009). Evolution of cooperation by phenotypic similarity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106: 8597-8600. PDF
Ohtsuki H, Y Iwasa, MA Nowak (2009). Indirect reciprocity provides only a narrow margin of efficiency for costly punishment. Nature 457: 79-82. PDF
Rand DG, A Dreber, T Ellingsen, D Fudenberg, MA Nowak (2009). Positive interactions promote public cooperation. Science 325: 1272-1275. PDF
Tarnita CE, T Antal, H Ohtsuki, MA Nowak (2009). Evolutionary dynamics in set structured populations. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106: 8601-8604. PDF
Dreber A, DG Rand, D Fudenberg, MA Nowak (2008). Winners don't punish. Nature 452: 348-351. PDF
Nowak MA, H Ohtsuki (2008). Prevolutionary dynamics and the origin of evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105: 14924-14927. PDF
Hauert C, A Traulsen, H Brandt, MA Nowak, K Sigmund (2007). Via freedom to coercion: The emergence of costly punishment. Science 316: 1905-1907. PDF
Lieberman E, JB Michel, J Jackson, T Tang, MA Nowak (2007). Quantifying the evolutionary dynamics of language. Nature 449: 713-716. PDF
Nowak MA (2006). Five rules for the evolution of cooperation. Science 314: 1560-1563. PDF
Nowak MA (2006). Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. (Excerpt, Nature review, Science review, R.R. Hawkins Award)
Ohtsuki H, C Hauert, E Lieberman, MA Nowak (2006). A simple rule for the evolution of cooperation on graphs and social networks. Nature 441: 502-505. PDF
Lieberman E, C Hauert, MA Nowak (2005). Evolutionary dynamics on graphs. Nature 433: 312-316. PDF
Michor F, TP Hughes, Y Iwasa, S Branford, NP Shah, CL Sawyers, MA Nowak (2005). Dynamics of chronic myeloid leukemia. Nature 435: 1267-1270. PDF
Nowak MA, K Sigmund (2005). Evolution of indirect reciprocity. Nature 437: 1291-1298. PDF
Nowak MA, F Michor, Y Iwasa (2004). Evolutionary dynamics of tumor suppressor gene inactivation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101: 10635-10638. PDF
Nowak MA, A Sasaki, C Taylor, D Fudenberg (2004). Emergence of cooperation and evolutionary stability in finite populations. Nature 428: 646-650. PDF
Nowak MA, K Sigmund (2004). Evolutionary dynamics of biological games. Science 303: 793-799. PDF
Wei X, JM Decker, S Wang, H Hui, JC Kappes, W Xiaoyun, JF Salazar, MG Salazar, JM Kilby, MS Saag, NL Komarova, MA Nowak, BH Hahn, PD Kwong, GM Shaw (2003). Antibody neutralization and escape by HIV-1. Nature 422: 307-312. PDF
Nowak MA, NL Komarova, P Niyogi (2002). Computational and evolutionary aspects of language. Nature 417: 611-617. PDF
Nowak MA, NL Komarova, A Sengupta, PF Jallepalli, IM Shih, B Vogelstein, C Lengauer (2002). The role of chromosomal instability in tumor initiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99: 16226-16231. PDF
Nowak MA, NL Komarova, P Niyogi (2001). Evolution of universal grammar. Science 291: 114-118. PDF
Nowak M, RM May (2000). Virus Dynamics: Mathematical Principles of Immunology and Virology. Oxford University Press.
Nowak MA, KM Page, K Sigmund (2000). Fairness versus reason in the ultimatum game. Science 289: 1773-1775. PDF
Nowak MA, JB Plotkin, VAA Jansen (2000). The evolution of syntactic communication. Nature 404: 495-498. PDF
Nowak MA, D Krakauer (1999). The evolution of language. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96: 8028-8033. PDF
Nowak MA, K Sigmund (1998). Evolution of indirect reciprocity by image scoring. Nature 393: 573-577. PDF
Bonhoeffer S, RM May, GM Shaw, MA Nowak (1997). Virus dynamics and drug therapy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94: 6971-6976. PDF
Nowak MA, MC Boerlijst, J Cooke, J Maynard Smith (1997). Evolution of genetic redundancy. Nature 388: 167-171. PDF
Nowak MA, CRM Bangham (1996). Population dynamics of immune responses to persistent viruses. Science 272: 74-79. PDF
Nowak MA, S Bonhoeffer, AM Hill, R Boehme, HC Thomas, H McDade (1996). Viral dynamics in hepatitis B virus infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93: 4398-4402. PDF
Nowak MA, RM May, RE Phillips, S Rowland-Jones, DG Lalloo, S McAdam, P Klenerman, B Köppe, K Sigmund, CRM Bangham, AJ McMichael (1995). Antigenic oscillations and shifting immunodominance in HIV-1 infections. Nature 375: 606-611. PDF
Wei X, SK Ghosh, ME Taylor, VA Johnson, EA Emini, P Deutsch, JD Lifson, S Bonhoeffer, MA Nowak, BH Hahn, MS Saag, GM Shaw (1995). Viral dynamics in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. Nature 373: 117-122. PDF
Nowak MA, RM May (1994). Superinfection and the evolution of parasite virulence. Proc R Soc B 255: 81-89. PDF
Tilman D, RM May, CL Lehman, MA Nowak (1994). Habitat destruction and the extinction debt. Nature 371: 65-66. PDF
Nowak MA, K Sigmund (1993). A strategy of win-stay, lose-shift that outperforms tit for tat in the Prisoner's Dilemma game. Nature 364: 56-58. PDF
Nowak MA, RM May (1992). Evolutionary games and spatial chaos. Nature 359: 826-829. PDF
Nowak MA , K Sigmund (1992). Tit for tat in heterogeneous populations. Nature 355: 250-253. PDF
Nowak MA, RM Anderson, AR McLean, TFW Wolfs, J Goudsmit, RM May (1991). Antigenic diversity thresholds and the development of AIDS. Science 254: 963-369. PDF