• Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science

Scientific theories...like living species, have forerunners and descendants, and they exhibit subtle changes over time...One Long Argument succeeds admirably in pinpointing the bits of evidence and inference that seeded Darwin's grand vision, and it illuminates his errors along with his insights.
   --Geoffrey Cowley, New York Times Book Review

You will read this book with great pleasure...Mayr simply admires Darwin to the hilt... Mayr's awe of Darwin is both illuminating and stimulating. It is also profoundly authoritative. Who else can present himself so effortlessly as a living symbol of the breadth of evolutionary thought in the twentieth century?
   --Jeffrey Levinton, BioScience

This short book should be read by anyone with an interest in the development, impact, and meaning of Darwinism. It is well written and accessible, without skimping on scholarship.
   --Robert Schoch, Science Books and Films

It is valuable to have [Mayr's] "mature reflections" expressed so concisely and elegantly.
   --Peter J. Bowler, Nature

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:

• Evolution and the Diversity of Life: Selected Essays
• This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World
• The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance
• 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