John Maynard Smith and His Legacy.pptx

a biography of john maynard smith and his contributions to evolutionary theory

1. & his legacy John Maynard Smith

2. - original thinkers in evolutionary biology of post neo-Darwinian synthesis age - London 1920-2004 England - C reative , S mart , S ocial , & C urious - active & productive in research Who is J MS ?

3. Eton College, England 19 3 3 Engineering Trinity College of Cambridge 19 38 19 47 19 65 Dean of School of BioSci Univ of Su s sex 1985 Retirement Zoology UCL with Haldane Academic Endeavor

4. Contributions to Evolutionary Theory Game Theory Evolutionary Stable Strategy Grand Master of Sex Evolution Problem Sex and Recombination in Bacteria

5. Contributions to Evolutionary Theory Theory of Molecular Evolution Evolutionary Transitions Problem

6. Books

7. -John Maynard Smith “Scientific theories tell us what is possible; myths tell us what is desirable.