Ornithology, Evolution, and Philosophy
The Life and Science of Ernst Mayr 1904-2005
This book is the first detailed biography of Ernst Mayr. He was an 'architect' of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, and the greatest evolutionary biologist since Charles Darwin, influential historian and philosopher of biology, outstanding taxonomist and ornithologist, and naturalist. He is one of the most widely known biologists of the 20th century. Mayr used the theories of natural selection and population thinking as theoretical models within the framework of historical biological studies. He was the first to emphasize the role of biopopulations, thereby pointing out the basic difference between 'population thinking' and typological essentialism.
Jürgen Haffer was born in 1932. He majored in geology and paleontology obtaining a PhD degree at the University of Göttingen in 1957. He became an exploration geologist and lived in South and North America, Iran, Egypt, and Norway. During these assignments he studied the bird faunas of Amazonia and Iran and has been in close communication with Ernst Mayr since the early 1960s. He also co-published a biography of Erwin Stresemann, Mayr's teacher and friend in Berlin, Germany.
Jürgen Haffer was born in 1932. He majored in geology and paleontology obtaining a PhD degree at the University of Göttingen in 1957. He became an exploration geologist and lived in South and North America, Iran, Egypt, and Norway. During these assignments he studied the bird faunas of Amazonia and Iran and has been in close communication with Ernst Mayr since the early 1960s. He also co-published a biography of Erwin Stresemann, Mayr's teacher and friend in Berlin, Germany.
1;Preface;6 2;Contents;8 3;Introduction;11 4;Part I The Young Naturalist in Germany;15 4.1;Childhood and Youth;17 4.2;The Budding Scientist;44 5;Part II Ornithologist and Evolutionist in New York;101 5.1;The New York Years (1931-1953);102 5.2;Ornithologist and Zoogeographer;147 5.3;Biological Species and Speciation- Mayr's First Synthesis;190 5.4;Life in North America duringWorld War II;249 6;Part III Professor of Zoology at Harvard University;260 6.1;The Harvard Years (1953-2005);261 6.2;Evolutionary Biology- Mayr's Second Synthesis;272 6.3;Ernst Mayr-the Man;289 6.4;Systematics and Classification;326 6.5;History and Philosophy of Biology- Mayr's Third Synthesis;344 6.6;Summary: Appreciation of Ernst Mayr's Science;381 6.7;Acknowledgments;388 6.8;List of Abbreviations;390 6.9;References;391 7;Part IV Appendices;405 7.1;Appendix 1 Curriculum Vitae ( including honorary degrees, honorarymemberships, medals, and other special awards);406 7.2;Appendix 2 Bibliography of Ernst Mayr;411 7.3;Appendix 3 Subject Analysis of Ernst Mayr's Publications;461 8;Index;464
Haffer, Jürgen
| ISBN | 9783540717799 |
|---|---|
| Article number | 9783540717799 |
| Media type | eBook - PDF |
| Edition number | 2. Aufl. |
| Copyright year | 2007 |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
| Length | 474 pages |
| Language | English |
| Copy protection | Digital watermarking |
