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John Maynard Smith

John Maynard Smith, Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex, is the author of On Evolution, The Evolution of Sex, Evolution and the Theory of Games, and, with Eörs Szathmáry, The Major Transitions in Evolution. (December 2000)

Taking a Chance on Evolution

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

by Stephen Jay Gould

Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History

by Stephen Jay Gould

Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist

by Ernst Mayr

May 14, 1992 issue

Dinosaur Dilemmas

The Dinosauria

edited by David B. Weishampel, edited by Peter Dodson, edited by Halszka Osmólska

Dinosaurs, Spitfires, and Sea Dragons

by Chris McGowan

April 25, 1991 issue

Storming the Fortress

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

by Ernst Mayr

The Possible and the Actual

by François Jacob

May 13, 1982 issue

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