The Growth of Biological Thought

The Growth of Biological Thought (992 pages, Belknap Press, ISBN 0674364465) is a book written by Ernst Mayr, first published in 1982. It is subtitled Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance, and is as much a book of philosophy and history as it is of biology.^[1]

It is a sweeping, academic study of the first 2,400 years of the science of biology. It focuses largely on how the philosophical assumptions of biologists influenced and limited their understanding. It includes many important general observations about the role of philosophy in scientific inquiry and the place of biology amongst the sciences.

References

^ Mayr, Ernst (1982). The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution and Inheritance. Cambridge, MA, and London, England: Harvard University Press – via Internet Archive.

External links

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[1] Mayr, Ernst (1982). The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution and Inheritance. Cambridge, MA, and London, England: Harvard University Press – via Internet Archive.

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