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

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.

Author: Ernst Mayr
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 01/22/1985
Pages: 974
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.03lbs
Size: 9.48h x 5.90w x 1.75d
ISBN: 9780674364462

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.