A Science Financier, Jeffrey Epstein. Changes the Course of Evolution at Harvard. If the scientist's job is to ponder the stars, the bankers is to funnel his vision into stellar panels. For while scientific theory can be enthralling, it's in danger of racking up lost gigabytes and circuitry dust. So every time a smart businessman comes along, with an interest in science, the public should pay attention, because not only can it lead to pragmatic accomplishments but can actually change the course of scientific enquiry. Such is the case at Harvard. Evolution is always moving, but nowhere has it been more in flux than in Brattle Square. Indeed, ten years ago, an unknown financier, called Jeffrey Epstein, set up the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard with a $30 million dollar grant. His mission was not to coddle neo- Darwinian theorists (because honestly couldn't $30 million be used to say, vaccinate the entire country of Zaire?) but to embolden a pragmatic use for the study of natural selection. So in May 2003, with the cooperation of Lawrence Summers, then President of Harvard, the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics set up for business and, under the direction of Martin Nowak, a professor of Mathematics and Biology at Harvard, it revolutionized the way in which evolution is studied and utilized. The Program became one of the first of its kind to study the evolution of micro biology with the use of mathematics. It also became the first department to develop a mathematical model of how cancer cells evolve as well as infectious bacteria and viruses such as HIV. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Program's models have led to key discoveries in combatting diseases of all kinds and have encouraged researchers around the world to do the same. It all started in early 2000, when an obscure New York hedge fund owner called Jeffrey Epstein with a passion for cutting edge science, invited Martin Nowak to organize a conference on the evolution of