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John Maynard Smith [a] FRS (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. [1] Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the biologist J. B. S. Haldane.
Nov 1, 2004 · A personal and scholarly appreciation of the influential evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith, who died in 2004. The article covers his life, career, achievements, and legacy in population genetics and evolutionary theory.
- Brian Charlesworth
- 2004
May 20, 2004 · John Maynard Smith, one of the greatest thinkers in evolutionary biology, died on 19 April: at the time he was sitting in his chair at home, surrounded by papers over which he had...
- Eörs Szathmáry, Peter Hammerstein
- 2004
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.
Jan 30, 2020 · John Maynard Smith has been described as one of the most creative biologists of the post neo-Darwinian synthesis era, with a career defined by boundless courage and curiosity (Charlesworth 2004; Michod 2005).
- C Brandon Ogbunugafor
- 10.1534/genetics.119.302764
- 2020
- Genetics. 2020 Apr; 214(4): 749-754.
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...
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John Maynard Smith was a renowned evolutionary biologist who proposed the idea of the evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) based on game theory. He received the 2001 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences for his groundbreaking contribution to evolutionary biology and its applications to other fields.
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