What Makes Biology Unique?
This book, a collection of essays written by the most eminent evolutionary biologist of the twentieth century, explores biology as an autonomous science, offers insights on the history of evolutionary thought, critiques the contributions of philosophy to the science of biology, and comments on several of the major ongoing issues in evolutionary theory. Notably, Mayr explains that Darwin's theory of evolution is actually five separate theories, each with its own history, trajectory and impact. Natural selection is a separate idea from common descent, and from geographic speciation, and so on. A number of the perennial Darwinian controversies…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-521-70034-4
- EAN: 9780521700344
- Produktnummer: 2745673
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.3 cm 365 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 365
Über den Autor
Ernst Mayr (1904-2005) was Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. For his contributions as an evolutionary biologist, taxonomist, ornithologist, as well as historian and philosopher of biology, Mayr was hailed as 'he Darwin of the 20th century'.
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