"More than just a hypothesis".(Ernst Mayr's works)(Biography)

From: Queen's Quarterly | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Grove, J.W. | Copyright information

A champion of Darwin with a soft spot for Creationists, Ernst Mayr did not like the idea of undermining someone else's faith--he simply believed in being fearlessly honest and diligent in the pursuit of knowledge. There are very good reasons, he noted, why scientists and non-scientists alike return again and again to Darwin. And these are much the same as the reasons people will be returning over and over to the work of Ernst Mayr. A consummate scientist, "he was interested in ever...

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