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Evolution and the Theory of Games
Professor John Maynard Smith has written an account of a new way of thinking about evolution which has been developed in the last ten years. The theory of games, first developed to …
The Ant and the Peacock
This book is a success story. It explains two long-running puzzles of the theory of natural selection. How can natural selection favour those, like the ant, that renounce tooth and …
Animal Signals
Why are most animal signals reliable? This is the central problem for evolutionary biologists interested in signals. A number of theoretical answers have been proposed and …
The Origins of Life
In this fascinating book, John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary present an original picture of evolution. They propose that during evolution there have been a number of major …
The Theory of Evolution
All living plants and animals, including man, are the modified descendants of one or a few simple living things. A hundred years ago Darwin and Wallace in their theory of natural …
The Evolution of Sex
The question of why organisms reproduce sexually is still a matter of controversy. In this account, Professor Maynard Smith considers the selective forces responsible for the …
The Major Transitions in Evolution
During evolution, there have been several major changes in the way that genetic information is organized and transmitted from one generation to the next. These transitions include …
Major Transitions in Evolution
During evolution, there have been several major changes in the way that genetic information is organized and transmitted from one generation to the next. These transitions include …
Evolutionary Genetics
The first edition of Maynard Smith's Evolutionary Genetics (first published in 1989) was welcomed as the first comprehensive introduction to the molecular and population aspects of …
Did Darwin Get It Right?
Now in paperback, Did Darwin Get It Right discusses some of the hottest issues in biology today. Its author, the eminently quotable John Maynard Smith, discusses such …
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
Did Darwin Get It Right?
Now in paperback, Did Darwin Get It Right discusses some of the hottest issues in biology today. Its author, the eminently quotable John Maynard Smith, discusses such …