Mayr has shown himself to be a true follower of Darwin, Wallace, and Huxley. His writings are lively and critical, and they provide remarkable insight into the development of the field.
   --Peter H. Raven, Science

The range of topics covered in these essays is awesome when one realizes that they are the product of a single mind.
   --Francisco J. Ayala, Sciences

Ernst Mayr not only ranks among the great evolutionary biologists of this century; he is also one of the best writers. This collection is of lasting importance.
   --E. O. Wilson

Ernst Mayr is Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is also the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the Crafoord Prize for Biology, the National Medal of Science, the Balzan Prize, and the Japan Prize.

Read More by Ernst Mayr:

• This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World
• The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance
• One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought
• Populations, Species, and Evolution, An Abridgment of <i>Animal Species and Evolution</i>
• Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist
• The Evolutionary Synthesis: Perspectives on the Unification of Biology, With a New Preface
• Systematics and the Origin of Species from the Viewpoint of a Zoologist
• Animal Species and Evolution