Growth of Biological Thought : Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance

Mayr, Ernst

ISBN 10: 0674364465 / ISBN 13: 9780674364462

Published by Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Growth of Biological Thought : Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance
• Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674364465
• ISBN 13: 9780674364462
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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 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.