John Maynard Smith, pioneer of the application of game theory to evolutionary biology, has died. There are obituaries in the “Times”:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1082979,00.html , “Guardian”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1200211,00.html and “Telegraph”:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/22/db2201.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2004/04/22/ixopright.html .
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rilkefan 04.22.04 at 8:29 am
Isn’t this blog opposed to JMS? Or is it the commentariat?
I keed, I keed. Too bad about his passing.
Matt 04.22.04 at 5:30 pm
Maynard Smith should not be lumped in w/ vulgar socio-biologists and evolutionary psychologists like Pinker. His work is drawn on by them, but he’s much more subtle and didn’t support the views they do, at least not in the same ways. This can be seen from reading his excellent little book, _The Problems of Biology_, which I greatly recommend.
Chris 04.22.04 at 11:46 pm
Reminds me a bit of his namesake Keynes in a way. At least he lived to old age.
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