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Mayr was most renowned for his work in the field of evolutionary biology; he integrated Darwin’s theory of natural selection and Mendel’s theory of heredity to form the neo-Darwinist evolutionary synthesis that is still widely accepted today.
To retrace a thousand years of Turkish culture and a civilization stretching from Central Asia to the Balkans, one need only step inside London's Royal Academy of Arts. "Turks," the institute's latest extravaganza (through April 12), draws visitors into a souk of dimly lit, treasure-filled galleries. Following...
The synthesis of MacDonald and Baldwin, the stabilization of His Majesty's Government as a "National Government" for the years 1931-35, came dramatically on Aug. 22, 1931 when King George, who was in Scotland, learned that Prime Minister MacDonald, then heading a Labor Cabinet, was being forced into...
The fight over the chicken-size bird, whose 110 million-acre habitat is 12 times bigger than the spotted owl's, may have just begun. Industry groups plan to pressure next year's friendlier Congress to weaken the 30-year-old endangered-species law. Meanwhile, a score of conservation groups...
The synthesis in one book of Cummings the man and Cummings the poet provides a new appreciation for his body of work.