NIMBioS Video Interview with Dr. Peter Turchin:
The Scientific Study of History

Dr. Peter Turchin, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and mathematics at the University of Connecticut, explains how we can study history scientifically, a field called "cliodynamics" and also explains how large complex human societies are possible. Turchin is a short-term visitor at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). (1 min 29 sec) Nov 11, 2010

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From 2008 until early 2021, NIMBioS was supported by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award #DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.