July 08, 2004

I've met the man. Legendary Darwinian biologist Ernst Mayr is 100. In my estimation Mayr is perhaps the greatest Darwinian biologist of all time. Has anyone put the major components of the theory together in a more coherent explanatory framework? Hhhmmm. Let me think. Well, actually, no.

And don't miss Mayr on "80 Years of Watching the Evolutionary Scenery".

Here are some of my favorite books by Ernst Mayr:

One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought.

The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance.

This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World.

What Evolution Is.

And forthcoming(!): What Makes Biology Unique? : Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline.

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