New!Websites for Authors
Tertulia Logo
New!Websites for Authors
The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Book Cover for: The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance, Ernst Mayr

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

Ernst Mayr

Paperback
Regular price$48.00With free membership trial$24.0050% off your first book+ Free shipping
In Stock– Ships within one business day

Do you recommend this book?

Yes!

No

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Belknap Press
  • Publish Date: Jan 22nd, 1985
  • Pages: 974
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.48in - 5.90in - 1.75in - 3.03lb
  • EAN: 9780674364462
  • Categories: • Life Sciences - Biology

More books to explore

Book Cover for: Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex, and Death, Jenny Kleeman
Book Cover for: The Diversity of Life: With a New Preface, Edward O. Wilson
Book Cover for: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life, Ed Yong
Book Cover for: The Story of Life: Great Discoveries in Biology, Sean B. Carroll
Book Cover for: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, David Quammen
Book Cover for: Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History, Stephen Jay Gould
Book Cover for: Understanding Natural Selection, Michael Ruse
Book Cover for: The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Life, Alfonso Martinez Arias
Book Cover for: Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us, Ruth Kassinger
Book Cover for: The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision, Fritjof Capra
Book Cover for: Understanding the Christianity-Evolution Relationship, Michael Ruse
Book Cover for: Sociobiology: The Abridged Edition, Edward O. Wilson
Book Cover for: Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA, Neil Shubin
Book Cover for: Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life, Nick Lane
Book Cover for: The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters - With a New Q&A with the Author, Sean B. Carroll

About the Author

Mayr, Ernst: - 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.

More books by Ernst Mayr

Book Cover for: What Evolution Is, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: What Makes Biology Unique?: Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: Evolution and the Diversity of Life: Selected Essays, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: Systematics and the Origin of Species from the Viewpoint of a Zoologist: With a New Introduction by the Author, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: Birds Of The Southwest Pacific: A Field Guide To The Birds Of The Area Between Samoa, New Caledonia, And Micronesia, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: Populations, Species, and Evolution: An Abridgment of Animal Species and Evolution, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: Birds of the Southwest Pacific: A Field Guide to the Birds of the Area Between Samoa, New Caledonia, and Micronesia, Ernst Mayr
Book Cover for: Check-List Of Birds Of The World; A Continuation Of The Work Of James L. Peters (Volume Xv), Ernst Mayr

What people are saying

Praise for this book

Mayr's book is a book of great erudition and insight. No other single volume offers such an extensive account of the history of the subjects in question while providing as penetrating a view of the nature of these subjects.--Richard W. Burkhardt "Times Higher Education Supplement"
This solid book...is essential reading for everyone at all interested in evolution, in biology or its history, or in science in general.--A. J. Cain "Nature"
Professor Mayr has written a monumental history of biological ideas...[It is] a marvelous course in evolution, taught historically. For a reader who is willing to make the effort, this book provides one of the best and most nearly complete discussions of these ideas to be found anywhere. It is an example of those rare books in popular science which can teach scientists as well as laymen...[This book] is full of insights and historical revelations. Nothing quite like The Growth of Biological Thought has been attempted before. It is a book that could have been written only by a scientist in complete command of his subject.--Jeremy Bernstein "New Yorker"
This is an extraordinary, epic work in which Mayr once again shows himself a master of detail, interpretation, and synthesis.--Douglas J. Futuyma "Science"
Mayr concentrates on scientific problems and concepts, placing them in the intellectual milieu of each historical period...Tightly drawn, highly opinionated presentations are invaluable in science, and Mr. Mayr's [book] is certainly provocative.--James L. Gould "New York Times Book Review"
The Growth of Biological Thought will be a richly rewarding experience...Mayr's vivid manner, his clear analytical distinctions, his candor in meeting controversial issues head on, make his discussions as stimulating as they are valuable.--Frederic L. Holmes "Washington Post Book World"
It is full of insights and historical revelations. Nothing quite like The Growth of Biological Thought has been attempted before. It is a book that could have been written only by a scientist in complete command of his subject.-- "The New Yorker"

What people are saying

See more