Ernst Mayr

See also: Mayr

Ernst Mayr , born the July 5th 1904 with Kempten (Germany), dead the February 3rd 2005 with Bedford (Massachusetts, the United States), is a Ornithologue, Biologiste and German Généticien .

At the same time naturalist, explorer, Ornithologist and historian of sciences, it was one of the Biologiste S the most important evolutionists of the 20th century. Its work contributed to the conceptual revolution which led to the modern evolutionary synthesis of the Génétique mendélienne and of the evolution darwinienne like to the development of the concept of the biological Espèce .

It receives, in 1965, the Médaille Brewster and in 1977, the Médaille Elliott Coues, jointly with Jean Theodore Delacour (1890-1985), both decreed by the American Ornithologists' Union. It also receives the Médaille Darwin in 1984. Ernst Mayr became foreign member of Royal Society the June 30th 1988.

The last structure of Ernst Mayr published in French in 2004, supports the title: After Darwin - biology, a science not like the others (Paris, Dunod, 237p.). It is prefaced by Michel Morange, who writes in particular: One can only recommend this work to all those which wish to have a presentation clear and synthetic great debates of idea which agitate contemporary biology .

List partial of the publications

  • Systematics and the Origin off Species , New York, Columbia University Near, 1942.

  • Animal Species and Evolution , Cambridge, Harvard University Near, 1963.
  • Populations, Species and Evolution , Cambridge, Harvard University Near, 1970.
  • Evolution and the Diversity off Life: Selected Essays , Cambridge, Harvard University Near, 1976.
  • The Growth off Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution and Inheritance , Cambridge, Harvard University Near, 1982 - translated into French under the title of History of biology. Diversity, evolution and heredity , Beech (1989): 894 p.
  • Toward has New Philosophy Biology off: Observations off year Evolutionist , Cambridge, Harvard University Near, 1988.
  • With P. Ashlock, Principles off Systematic Zoology revised , New York, McGraw-Hill, 1991.
  • One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis off Modern Evolutionary Thought , Cambridge, Harvard University Near, 1991.
  • This is Biology: The Science off the Living room World , Cambridge, Harvard University Near, 1997.
  • With Jared Diamond, Birds off Northern Melanesia: Speciation, Ecology and Biogeography , Oxford University Near, 2001.
  • What Evolution Is , New York, BASIC Books, 2001.
  • single What makes biology? Considerations there the Autonomy off is Scientific Discipline , New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004 - translated into French under the title of Ernst After Darwin. Biology, a science not like the others , Dunod (2006): 237 p.

Bibliographical orientation

  • Walter J. Glass of bier (1994). Ernst Mayr, Naturalist: His Contributions to Systematics and Evolution, Biology and Philosophy , 9 : 267-327.
  • Walter J. Glass of bier (2004). Ernest Mayr At 100: With Life Inside and Outside off Ornithology, The Auk , 121 (3): 637-651.
  • Walter J. Glass of bier (2005). In Memoriam: Ernst Mayr, 1904-2005, The Auk , 122 (3): 1005-1007.
  • Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr. (1994). Ernst Mayr: Biologist-Historian, Biology and Philosophy , 9 : 359-371.
  • Jean Gayon (1999). Mayr Ernst, born in 1904, Dictionary of history and philosophy of sciences (LECOURT D. to dir.), university Presses of France (Paris): 623.
  • Jürgen Haffer (2004). Ernst Mayr - Intellectual leader off ornithology, Newspaper für Ornithology , 145 : 163-176.
  • Jürgen Haffer and Franz Bairlein (2004). Ernst Mayr - `Darwin off the 20th century', Newspaper für Ornithology , 145 : 161-162.
  • Bert Hölldobler (2004). Ernst Mayr: the senior off twentieth century evolutionary biology, Naturwissenschaften , 91 : 249-254.
  • Thomas Junker (2007). Ernst Mayr (1904-2005) and the new philosophy off biology, Newspaper for General Philosophy off Science , 38 : 1-17.
  • Axel Meyer (2005). One the Importance off Being Ernst Mayr: “Darwin' S apostle” died old At the off 100, PLoS Biology , 3 (5): 750-752.
  • William B. Provine (2005). Ernst Mayr, has retrospective, Trends in Ecology and Evolution , 20 (8): 411-413.
  • Michael Trick (2005). Ernst Mayr 1904-2005, Biology and Philosophy , 20 : 623-631.

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