『Ornithology, Evolution, and Philosophy : The Life and Science of Ernst Mayr 1904-2005』

Jürgen Haffer

(2007年刊行, Springer-VerlagISBN:9783540717775 [hbk] / ISBN:9783540717782 [pbk] → 版元ページ:hbk / pbk



【目次】
Introduction 1

Part I The Young Naturalist in Germany

1 Childhood and Youth 8
The Family 8
Birdwatching 15
The Duck with a Red Bill 22
University Student in Greifswald and Berlin 23
Friendships at School and University 33
2 The Budding Scientist 35
PhD Thesis and Examination 35
The Influence of Teachers 37
Erwin Stresemann.Teacher and Friend 39
Assistant Curator at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin 42
Expeditions to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands 48

Part II Ornithologist and Evolutionist in New York

3 The New York Years (1931-1953) 95
Emigration to the United States and Life in New York City 95
Curator of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History 113
4 Ornithologist and Zoogeographer 140
Birds of Oceania 140
Birds of Australia, the Malay Archipelago and Southeastern Asia 157
Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies of Birds 161
Zoogeography 163
5 Biological Species and Speciation. Mayr’s First Synthesis 183
A Modern Unified Theory of Evolution 183
Community Architect 232
6 Life in North America during World War II 242
New York and Tenafly, New Jersey 242
Cold Spring Harbor (1943 - 1952) 243
Citizenship 250

Part III Professor of Zoology at Harvard University

7 The Harvard Years (1953 - 2005) 255
Teaching and PhD Students 259
Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 263
8 Evolutionary Biology. Mayr’s Second Synthesis 266
Overviews of Evolutionary Biology 266
Integrated Gene Complexes versus Beanbag Genetics 273
Animal Species and Evolution 275
Behavior and Evolution 277
Particular Topics of Evolutionary Biology 278
9 Ernst Mayr.the Man 283
Personality and General Views 283
Health 301
The Farm near Wilton, New Hampshire 306
Residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts 310
Adviser to the National Academy of Sciences and the NSF 311
National and International Recognition 313
10 Systematics and Classification 320
Diversity 320
Classification 321
Zoological Nomenclature 332
11 History and Philosophy of Biology. Mayr’s Third Synthesis 338
History of Biology 340
Philosophy of Biology 360
12 Summary: Appreciation of Ernst Mayr’s Science 375


Acknowledgments 382
List of Abbreviations 384
References 385

Part IV Appendices

1 CurriculumVitae (Including Honorary Degrees, Honorary Memberships, Medals, and other Special Awards) 401
2 Bibliography of Ernst Mayr 406
List of Books by Ernst Mayr 453
Coauthorship 455
3 Subject Analysis of ErnstMayr’s Publications 456


Index 459