Introduction by Ernest Mayr On the Origin of Species Bibliography Subject Index Diagram of Divergence
Ernst Mayr was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He was the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the Crafoord Prize for Biology, the National Medal of Science, the Balzan Prize, and the Japan Prize.
It was a very happy idea to publish a facsimile of the first
edition of On the Origin of Species; the price of copies of the
original edition has reached the thousand dollar bracket, and in
contemporary literature all page-references are to the original
pagination, which was not followed in previous reprints of the
first edition. Now, with this very reasonably priced and
beautifully produced book, not only historians of science but also
biologists will have the opportunity of following the fascinating
thought-trails, still far from fully explored, of that remarkable
man Darwin. Few if any persons are so well qualified as Harvard's
Ernst Mayr to execute so helpfully and gracefully the delicate task
of writing a worthy foreword to such a classic.
*Science*
The Origin is one of the most important books ever published, and a
knowledge of it should be a part of the intellectual equipment of
every educated person… The book will endure in future ages so long
as a knowledge of science persists in mankind. It remains to be
said that the edition here reviewed is very worthily produced and
contains a little-known picture of Darwin.
*Nature*
This is a most valuable publication. In addition to the text of the
first edition (1859) of the Origin with all the freshness and
directness of the original, now here made available in facsimile,
Professor Ernst Mayr of Harvard, a most distinguished writer in
this field, has prefaced this reprint with an introduction that is
in itself a classic.
*Times Literary Supplement*
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