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John Maynard Smith FRS (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War , he took a second degree in genetics under the well-known biologist J. B. S. Haldane .
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Apr 20, 2004 · The noted evolutionary theorist died yesterday. One of evolutionary biology's leading theorists, John Maynard Smith, died peacefully yesterday at his home. He was 84. Among his numerous contributions, Maynard Smith pioneered the application of game theory to biology and made significant contributions towards understanding the evolution of sex.
May 20, 2004 · John Maynard Smith — widely known as JMS — was an exceptionally lucid thinker and a delightful man. He would talk about science to anyone and, in the same open-minded way, treat young and ...
- Eörs Szathmáry, Peter Hammerstein
- 2004
Nov 1, 2004 · JOHN Maynard Smith was one of the most influential evolutionary biologists of the generation that succeeded the “founding fathers” of population genetics, as he was fond of calling Fisher, Wright, and Haldane. Maynard Smith's father was a London surgeon, but died when John was 8 years old. His mother came from a well-to-do Edinburgh family.
- Brian Charlesworth
- 2004
Apr 29, 2004 · Dr. John Maynard Smith, an evolutionary biologist who revolutionized the study of animal behavior by applying the principles of game theory, died on April 19 at his home in Sussex, England. He was 84.
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Professor John Maynard Smith has made a groundbreaking contribution to the establishment of a unified understanding of fundamental issues in evolutionary biology, including the social behavior of organisms and the problems of sex and sex ratio, by proposing the idea of the Evolutionarily Stable Strategy (ESS).
John Maynard Smith F.R.S. (January 6, 1920 – April 19, 2004) was a British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist who utilized the techniques of game theory to help in understanding evolution . Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, Maynard Smith took a second degree in genetics under the well-known ...
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