One Long Argument

Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought

Ernst Mayr

  • Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science

1. Who is Darwin?

2. Confronting the Creationists: The First Darwinian Revolution

3. How Species Originate

4. Ideological Opposition to Darwin's Five Theories

5. The Struggle against Physicists and Philosophers

6. Darwin's Path to the Theory of Natural Selection

7. What is Darwinism?

8. A Hard Look at Soft Inheritance: Neo-Darwinism

9. Geneticists and Naturalists Reach a Consensus: The Second Darwinian Revolution

10. New Frontiers in Evolutionary Biology

References

Glossary

Acknowledge

Index

  • Cover: One Long Argument
  • A photo of the author

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.