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Nature 449, 659-660 (11 October 2007) | doi:10.1038/449659a; Published online 10 October 2007

An incomparable life

Jared Diamond1

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Exceptional intellect and creativity made Ernst Mayr the last century's greatest evolutionary biologist.

BOOK REVIEWEDOrnithology, Evolution, and Philosophy: The Life and Science of Ernst Mayr 1904–2005

by Jürgen Haffer

Springer: 2007. 473 pp. $119