What makes biology unique? : considerations on the autonomy of a scientific discipline / Ernst Mayr.

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

xiv, 232 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Science and sciences -- 2. The autonomy of biology -- 3. Teleology -- 4. Analysis or reductionism -- 5. Darwin's influence on modern thought -- 6. Darwin's five theories of evolution -- 7. Maturation of Darwinism -- 8. Selection -- 9. Do Thomas Kuhn's scientific revolutions take place? -- 10. Another look at the species problem -- 11. The origin of humans -- 12. Are we alone in this vast universe.