The great evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith died today, Monday, at the age of 84. He made important contributions to our own related field of evolutionary psychology. His obituary appears in the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-maynardsmith24apr24,1,7089689. story?
I particularly like this quote: "He noticed that his schoolmasters spoke with special contempt of another former Etonian, the famed biologist J.B.S. Haldane, whom they reviled as an atheist, divorcee and socialist." "I remember thinking, 'Anybody they hate that much can't be all bad. I must go and find out about him,' " Maynard Smith said in a 2000 interview with Natural History magazine" Stephen ___________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
