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Dates: during 1992-1992
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Harvard is full of experts, in fact--including the world's leading authority on ants, Baird Professor of Science E.O. Wilson. Wilson recently received his second Pulitzer Prize for The Ants, a gigantic volume that served as a basis for the computer game SimAnt. His popular Core course, "Evolutionary Biology," Contains a large unit on ant social behavior...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Star Gazing: Skip Dersh And Spike | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

...purpose of SimAnt is to teach players about life in an ant colony, according to Wright. SimAnt's manualdiscusses the history, communication and socialbehavior of ants...

Author: By Laura M. Murray, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: E.O. Wilson Inspires SimAnt | 2/29/1992 | See Source »

Lester L. Ward '93 says that SimAnt "achievesits goal in terms of educating people...

Author: By Laura M. Murray, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: E.O. Wilson Inspires SimAnt | 2/29/1992 | See Source »

Wright says that ants' property of collective intelligence has made them the "mascots" of artificial life, a branch of computer science which simulates biological systems. Wright drew on artificial life concepts and techniques when developing SimAnt...

Author: By Laura M. Murray, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: E.O. Wilson Inspires SimAnt | 2/29/1992 | See Source »

Both Ward and Krishnaswamy say they havemanaged to take over the backyard and drive thehumans out of their home--a SimAnt "victory...

Author: By Laura M. Murray, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: E.O. Wilson Inspires SimAnt | 2/29/1992 | See Source »

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