February 04, 2005
"The Darwin of the 20th century"
"The leading evolutionary biologist of the 20th century"
Full coverage: the Harvard Gazette, the NY Times, the Boston Herald, Reuters, the Scientist, the Washington Post, the AP, Nature, the Guardian, and the LA Times.
Just last fall -- at the age of 99 -- Mayr published his most recent book, What Makes Biology Unique? : Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline, one of a remarkable string of books written in his 80's and 90's.
Philosopher Alex Rosenberg introduced me to Mayr a decade or so ago when Mayr dropped by to visit Rosenberg, an important thinker on the autonomy of biology (I've written on the topic as well). I'll never forget it.
Google News search "Ernst Mayr". Google search "Ernst Mayr".
Books by Ernst Mayr:
What Evolution IsBlogosphere reactions can be tracked at Technorati. Notable blog reactions:The Growth of Biological Thought
One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought
Toward a New Philosophy of Biology
Systematics and the Origin of Species from the Viewpoint of a Zoologist
Populations, Species and Evolution
Evolution and the Diversity of Life: Selected Essays
The Evolutionary Synthesis: Perspectives on the Unification of Biology
"Mayr occupied a unique place in modern biology due to the breadth of his work. He pioneered the analysis of species diversity and the role of geographic separation in speciation. But most importantly in my view, Mayr sharpened our understanding of the philosophical issues underlying the Darwinian conception of the natural world."Other blogs noting the death of Mayr: Pharyngula, Respectful Insolence, Norlos, Pharyngula, Thoughts from Kansas, Dispatches from the Culture Wars, Gene Expression, The Loon, South Dakota Politics, 3 Quarks Daily. Posted by Greg Ransom
