American theoretical and evolutionary biologist
Carl Theodore Bergstrom is atheoretical andevolutionary biologist and a professor at theUniversity of Washington inSeattle, Washington , United States.[ 3] [ 4] Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World and teaches a class by the same name at University of Washington.[ 5]
Bergstrom earned his B.A. fromHarvard University in 1993, then completed hisPh.D. atStanford University under the supervision ofMarcus Feldman [ 1]
Bergstrom's work concerns the flow of information through biological and social networks,[ 6] pathogenic organisms , including the development ofresistance .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
He is the coauthor (withLee Dugatkin ) of a college textbook,Evolution .[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] disinformation and misinformation,[ 20]
In addition to evolutionary biology, Bergstrom's interests include theranking of scientific journals . In 2007, he introduced theEigenfactor ,[ 2] [ 21] open access earned him and his father, Ted Bergstrom, theSPARC Innovator Award in June 2007.[ 22]
^a b c Bergstrom, Carl (1998).Game-theoretic models of signalling among relatives ^a b Bergstrom, C. T. ; West, J. D.; Wiseman, M. A. (2008)."The Eigenfactor™ Metrics" .Journal of Neuroscience 28 (45):11433– 11434.doi :10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0003-08.2008 .PMC 6671297 PMID 18987179 .^ Carl Bergstrom publications indexed byGoogle Scholar ^ Simonite, Tom (24 March 2020)."The Professors Who Call 'Bullshit' on Covid-19 Misinformation" . Wired. Retrieved5 May 2020 . ^ "Calling Bullshit" .Penguin Random House . Retrieved5 May 2020 .^ Bergstrom, C. T.; Lachmann, M. (2006)."The fitness value of information" .Oikos (Copenhagen, Denmark) .119 (2):219– 230.arXiv :q-bio.PE/0510007 doi :10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17781.x .PMC 4384894 PMID 25843980 . ^ Antia, R.; Regoes, R. R.; Koella, J. C.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2003)."The role of evolution in the emergence of infectious diseases" .Nature .426 (6967):658– 661.Bibcode :2003Natur.426..658A .doi :10.1038/nature02104 .hdl :1773/1985 .PMC 7095141 PMID 14668863 . ^ Levin, B. R. (2000)."Bacteria are different: Observations, interpretations, speculations, and opinions about the mechanisms of adaptive evolution in prokaryotes" .Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .97 (13):6981– 6985.Bibcode :2000PNAS...97.6981L .doi :10.1073/pnas.97.13.6981 PMC 34373 PMID 10860960 . ^ Bergstrom, C. T. (2004)."Ecological theory suggests that antimicrobial cycling will not reduce antimicrobial resistance in hospitals" .Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .101 (36):13285– 13290.Bibcode :2004PNAS..10113285B .doi :10.1073/pnas.0402298101 PMC 516561 PMID 15308772 . ^ Lipsitch, M.; Bergstrom, C. T.; Levin, B. R. (2000)."The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in hospitals: Paradoxes and prescriptions" (PDF) .Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America .97 (4):1938– 1943.Bibcode :2000PNAS...97.1938L .doi :10.1073/pnas.97.4.1938 PMC 26540 PMID 10677558 . ^ Rosvall, M.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2008)."Maps of random walks on complex networks reveal community structure" .Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .105 (4):1118– 23.arXiv :0707.0609 Bibcode :2008PNAS..105.1118R .doi :10.1073/pnas.0706851105 PMC 2234100 PMID 18216267 . ^ Rosvall, M.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2007)."An information-theoretic framework for resolving community structure in complex networks" .Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .104 (18):7327– 31.arXiv :physics/0612035 Bibcode :2007PNAS..104.7327R .doi :10.1073/pnas.0611034104 PMC 1855072 PMID 17452639 . ^ Dugatkin, L. A.; Bergstrom, C. T. (2011).Evolution . New York: W. W. Norton & Company.ISBN 978-0-393-92592-0 ^ McWilliams, James (2019-04-17)." .The Guardian .ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved2019-10-08 . ^ Guarino, Ben."Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS" .Washington Post . Retrieved2019-10-08 . ^ Nijhuis, Michele (2017-06-03)."How to Call B.S. on Big Data: A Practical Guide" .The New Yorker . Retrieved2019-10-08 . ^ Bouygues, Helen Lee."Why We Need To Think Critically About Data" .Forbes . Retrieved2019-10-08 . ^ McFarling, Usha Lee."This college course teaches you how to call out things that are unscientific" .Business Insider . Retrieved2019-10-08 . ^ Kolowich, Steve (2017-01-16)."The Fine Art of Sniffing Out Crappy Science" .The Chronicle of Higher Education .ISSN 0009-5982 . Retrieved2019-10-08 . ^ Bellware, Kim,The coronavirus is spreading rapidly. So is misinformation about it. ^ Bergstrom, C. T. (May 2007)."Eigenfactor: Measuring the value and prestige of scholarly journals" .College & Research Libraries News .68 (5):314– 316.doi :10.5860/crln.68.5.7804 ^ "SPARC Innovators: Ted Bergstrom and Carl Bergstrom (June 2007)" . SPARC.Archived from the original on 2011-08-28.
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