Ernst Mayr's The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance was first published in 1982 to widespread acclaim. Three years later, on the appearance of the paperback edition*, W.F. Bynum reassesses the book.
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Bynum, W. On the written authority of Ernst Mayr. Nature 317, 585–586 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/317585a0
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