The Theory of Evolution

The Theory of Evolution

infobox Book


author = Maynard Smith, John
name = The Theory of Evolution
country = United Kingdom
language = English
subject = Evolutionary biology
genre = Science
publisher = Penguin Books (1958 edition), Cambridge University Press (1993 edition)
release_date = 1958, 1993
media_type = Hardcover, Paperback
isbn = 0-14-020433-4 (1958 edition), ISBN 0-521-45128-0 (1993 edition)

"The Theory of Evolution" is a book by English evolutionary biologist and geneticist John Maynard Smith, originally published in 1958. It serves as a general introduction to the eponymous subject, intended to be accessible to those with little technical knowledge of the area. It has been highly successful, considered by many as the definitive publication of its type. [cite web | url = http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/CSE/members/jms/JMSforewardRD.htm | title = Richard Dawkins: Foreword to The Theory of Evolution by John Maynard Smith | publisher = Centre for the Study of Evolution, University of Sussex | date = 2008-02-04 | accessdate = 2008-02-04] The original version was updated several times, and a "Canto" edition, with a foreword by Richard Dawkins, and newly-written introduction by the author, was published in 1993.

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