Life and how to define it

摘要

He is acknowledged to be one of the great zoologists of the 20th century. His contributions to evolutionary biology have been recognised by a dazzling collection of the world's most prestigious scientific awards-no Nobel prize (none is available in his field) but almost every other prize that you can think of. Now 92, Ernst Mayr has written a wide-ranging review of biological thought and progress. In part, This is Biology is a study of the philosophy of biology, and in part a history of selected branches of the subject.