• Winner of the Loye and Alden Miller Research Award, Sponsored by The Cooper Ornithological Society

[This book] should be read by all biologists, professional and amateur.
   --Natural History (review of the first edition)

A source book on its subject...of lasting value.
   --New York Times (review of the first edition)

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
• 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
• Animal Species and Evolution