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Ernst Mayr

Born 5 July 1904 · Died 3 February 2005

From Kempten, Bavaria, Germany · Nationality: United States, Germany · Writes nonfiction

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Quotes

  • “Having reached the rare age of 100 years, I find myself in a unique position: I’m the last survivor of the golden age of the Evolutionary Synthesis.”
    pp. 46-47
  • “Life is simply the reification of the process of living.”
    p. 400
  • “No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational evolution, but an entirely new start is, so to speak, made in every generation.”
    p. 457

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Books by Ernst Mayr in order

Books by Ernst Mayr in the order they were published, from Two New Subspecies of Birds from New Guinea (1936) to Birds of the Southwest Pacific (2012).

  1. 1Two New Subspecies of Birds from New GuineaTwo New Subspecies of Birds from New Guinea1936
  2. 2The Birds of the 1933-1934 Papuan ExpeditionThe Birds of the 1933-1934 Papuan Expedition1937
  3. 3List of New Guinea BirdsList of New Guinea Birds1941
  4. 4Systematics and the Origin of SpeciesSystematics and the Origin of Species1942
  5. 5Systematics and the Origin of Species, from the Viewpoint ofSystematics and the Origin of Species, from the Viewpoint of a Zoologist1942
  6. 6Methods and Principles of Systematic ZoologyMethods and Principles of Systematic Zoology1953
  7. 7Check List of Birds of the World Volume 15Check List of Birds of the World Volume 151962
  8. 8Animal Species and EvolutionAnimal Species and Evolution1963
  9. 9Principles of Systematic ZoologyPrinciples of Systematic Zoology1969
  10. 10Populations, Species, and EvolutionPopulations, Species, and Evolution1970
  11. 11Evolution and the Diversity of LifeEvolution and the Diversity of Life1976
  12. 12The Growth of Biological ThoughtThe Growth of Biological Thought1982
  13. 13Toward a New Philosophy of BiologyToward a New Philosophy of Biology1988
  14. 14One Long ArgumentOne Long Argument1991
  15. 15Una larga controversiaUna larga controversia1992
  16. 16What Is a Species, and What Is Not?What Is a Species, and What Is Not?1996
  17. 17This Is BiologyThis Is Biology1997
  18. 18The Evolutionary SynthesisThe Evolutionary Synthesis1998
  19. 19Birds of Northern MelanesiaBirds of Northern Melanesia2001
  20. 20What Evolution IsWhat Evolution Is2001
  21. 21What Makes Biology Unique?What Makes Biology Unique?2004
  22. 22Birds of the Southwest PacificBirds of the Southwest Pacific2012

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