George R. Price

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American chemist evolutionary theorist human polymath population geneticist

George R. Price was an American population geneticist and polymath best known for his mathematical reformulation of natural selection and his influential work on the evolution of altruism.

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instanceOf	American ⓘ chemist ⓘ evolutionary theorist ⓘ human ⓘ polymath ⓘ population geneticist ⓘ
causeOfDeath	suicide ⓘ
collaboratedWith	William D. Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
convertedTo	Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1922-10-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1975-01-06 ⓘ
educatedAt	Stuyvesant High School NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ
employer	University College London NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Price NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	evolutionary biology ⓘ game theory ⓘ mathematical biology ⓘ population genetics ⓘ
givenName	George NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	John Maynard Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ William D. Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Price equation NERFINISHED ⓘ formalizing selection in terms of covariance and expectation ⓘ models of the evolution of altruism ⓘ theoretical work on group selection ⓘ theoretical work on kin selection ⓘ
notableIdea	application of covariance mathematics to natural selection ⓘ formal treatment of altruism in evolutionary theory ⓘ
notableWork	Price equation NERFINISHED ⓘ mathematical reformulation of natural selection ⓘ work on the evolution of altruism ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ atheism ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workedAt	Bell Labs NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ Manhattan Project NERFINISHED ⓘ University College London NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection → clarifiedBy → George R. Price ⓘ

Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection → mathematicallyReformulatedBy → George R. Price ⓘ