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Ernst Mayr
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German-American evolutionary biologist (1904-2005)

Also known as: E. Mayr, E. W. Mayr, Ernst Walter Mayr, Эрнст Майр, إرنست ماير, 에른스트 마이어

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Known works

  • Toward a new philosophy of biology (1988)
  • The growth of biological thought (1982)
  • Animal Species and Evolution
  • WHAT MAKES BIOLOGY UNIQUE?: CONSIDERATIONS ON THE AUTONOMY OF A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE
  • This Is Biology (1997)