The Evolutionary Synthesis Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology (Emeritus) Museum of Comparative Zoology Ernst Mayr (editor), William B Provine (Editor)Biology was forged into a single, coherent science only within living memory. In this volume the thinkers responsible for the "modern synthesis" of evolutionary biology and genetics come together to analyze that remarkable event. In a new Preface, Ernst Mayr calls attention to the fact that scientists in different biological disciplines varied considerably in their degree of acceptance of Darwin's theories. Mayr shows us that these differences were