The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance - Softcover

Mayr, Ernst

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674364465 ISBN 13: 9780674364462

Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 1982

Synopsis

No one in this century can speak with greater authority on the progress of ideas in biology than Ernst Mayr. And no book has ever established the life sciences so firmly in the mainstream of Western intellectual history as The Growth of Biological Thought. Ten years in preparation, this is a work of epic proportions, tracing the development of the major problems of biology from the earliest attempts to find order in the diversity of life to modern research into the mechanisms of gene transmission.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

No book has ever established the life sciences so firmly in the mainstream of Western intellectual history as 'The Growth of Biological Thought.' Ten years in preparation, this is a work of epic proportions, tracing the development of the major problems of biology, from the earliest attempts to find order in the diversity of life to modern research into the mechanisms of gene transmission.

About the Author:

Ernst Mayr was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He was the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the Crafoord Prize for Biology, the National Medal of Science, the Balzan Prize, and the Japan Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0674364465
• ISBN 13: 9780674364462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 974