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The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution and Inheritance

Ernst Mayr

Explores the development of the ideas of evolutionary biology, particularly as affected by the increasing understanding of genetics and of the chemical basis of inheritance.

ScienceScience · high confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceOpen Library: Biology -> ScienceOpen Library: Biology textbooks -> ScienceScience & DiscoveryMedicine, Health & the Body

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for Science HardcoverMajor1983FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The development of evolutionary biology’s ideas was shaped by growing understanding of genetics and the chemical basis of inheritance.

    Model confidence 78%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    68 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.