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John Maynard Smith (1920–2004)

“One of the last grand evolutionary theorists of the 20th century”

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There is virtually no area of evolutionary biology to which John Maynard Smith did not make a significant contribution. In this essay I try to present a flavour of his accomplishments.

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  1. Richard Dawkins’s Foreword to The Theory of Evolution. http://www.edge.org/ 3rd_culture/maynard_ smith04/maynard_ smith04_index. html

  2. John Maynard Smith, The Problems of Biology, Oxford University Press, 1986.

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  1. Indian Institute of Science, India

    Vidyanand Nanjundiah

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, 560012, Bangalore, India

    Vidyanand Nanjundiah

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Nanjundiah, V. John Maynard Smith (1920–2004). Reson 10, 70–78 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02837646

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