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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)
Genes, Memes, & Minds
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C. Dennett
November 30, 1995 issue
Life at the Edge of Chaos?
Darwinism Evolving
by David J. Depew and Bruce H. Weber
March 2, 1995 issue
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
What Can’t the Computer Do?
The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
by Roger Penrose
March 15, 1990 issue
Natural Selection of Culture?
Culture and the Evolutionary Process
by Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson
November 6, 1986 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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