The document discusses using patterns of phenotypic and molecular evolution to infer properties of fitness landscapes and the dynamics of adaptation. It summarizes different models that aim to predict the distribution of fitness effects of beneficial mutations, including heuristics based on extreme value theory and explicit fitness landscape models. Experimental evolution data on the fitness effects of mutations, fitness trajectories over time, and genomic diversity can help distinguish between these models. The author examines using such data from an experimental evolution study in E. coli to infer properties of Fisher's geometric fitness landscape model, including the distribution of fitness effects and genome-wide mutation rate.