Add MS 86760

Some items are undated.

Copies and reprints of book reviews written by Maynard Smith and related correspondence.

• Letter from Jerry Coyne (Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago) to Maynard Smith Smith asking him to review ‘The shape of life: Genes, Development and the evolution of animal form’, by Rudolf Raff. Manuscript enclosed; 31 May 1996.
• Letter to the Editor of the New York Review of Books from John Maynard Smith relating to Stephen Jay Gould’s review of ‘The ant and the peacock’ by Helena Cronin; 23 Nov 1992. Attached is John Maynard Smith’s letter to the editors and Stephen Gould’s reply, New York Review of Books, 14 Jan 1993, 43.
• Correspondence relating to a book review by Maynard Smith: Letter from Robert Silvers (New York Review of Books) to Maynard Smith enclosing a letter from Noam Chomsky; 30 Nov 1995. Letter from Maynard Smith to Robert Silvers enclosing a reply to Chomsky’s letter (handwritten and typewritten); 8 Dec 1995. Related article: Letter to the editors by Noam Chomsky regarding Maynard Smith’s article of 30 Nov 1995 in the New York Review of Books, and reply by Maynard Smith, New York Review of Books, 1 Feb 1996, 41.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘What can’t the computer do?: review of ‘The emperor’s new mind: Concerning computers, minds, and the laws of physics by Roger Penrose’, New York Review of books, 15 Mar 1990, 21-5.
• Letter to the editors by R.C. Lewontin regarding Maynard Smith’s review of ‘The emperor’s new mind’ and Maynard Smith’s reply, New York Review of Books, 31 May 1990, 45-6
• Letter to the editors by John R. Searle regarding Maynard Smith’s review of ‘The emperor’s new mind’ and Maynard Smith’s reply, New York Review of Books, 14 Jun 1990, 58-59.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Triumphs of colonialism’: review of ‘The Ants’, by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson, NewYork Review of Books, 27 Sep 1990, 36-37.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Dinosaur Dilemmas’: review of ‘The Dinosauria’ by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson and Halszka Osmolska, and ‘Dinosaurs, Spitfires and Sea Dragons’, by Chris McGowan, New York Review of Books, 25 Apr 1991, 5-7.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Byte-sized evolution’, Nature, 355 (1992), 772-3.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Taking a chance on evolution’: review of ‘Wonderful life: The Burgess Shale and the nature of history’, by Stephen J. Gould, ‘Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in natural history’, by Stephen J. Gould, and ‘Towards a new philospophy of biology: Observations of an evolutionist’, by Ernst Mayr, New York Review of Books, 14 May 1992, 34-6.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Age and the unisexual Lineage’, Nature, 356 (1992), 661-2.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Life at the edge of chaos?: review of ‘Darwinism evolving’ by David J. Depew and Bruce H. Weber, New York Review of Books, 2 Mar 1995, 28-30.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Genes, Memes and Minds’: review of ‘Darwin’s dangerous idea: Evolution and the meanings of life’, by Daniel C. Dennett, New York Review of Books, 30 Nov 1995, 46-8.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Population genetics revisited’: review of ‘Mathematics of evolution’, by Fred Hoyle, Nature, 403 (2000), 594-5.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘The Cheshire cat’s DNA’: review of ‘The century of the gene’, by Evelyn Fox Keller, New York Review of Books, 21 Dec 2000, 43-5.

Articles based on interviews with Maynard Smith.

• Roger Lewin, ‘Accidental career’, New Scientist, 1974, 322-3.
• Olivier Postel-Inay, ‘John Maynard Smith: “L’heredite ne depend pas forcement du code”’, La Recherche, 296 (1997).
• Jonathan Weiner, ‘A conversation with John Maynard Smith’, Natural History, 2000, 78-80.

Reviews of books written by Maynard Smith.

• Paul Harvey, ‘A splendid mast’: review of ‘Evolutionary Genetics’, Times Higher Education Supplement; 21 Apr 1989.
• Egbert Giles Leigh, Review of ‘The Major Transitions of Evolution in Evolution’, Evolution, 49 (1995), 1302-6.
• Richard Lewontin, ‘A natural selection’: review of ‘Evolutionary Genetics’, Nature, 339 (1989), 107.

Evolution of sex reviews and game theory reviews. Also includes:

• Note from Nicola Bion, Oxford University; 5 Mar 1986. Enclosed is John Maynard Smith, ‘Are we stuck with sex?’, review of ‘Origin of sex: three billion years of genetic recombination’ by Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan, Nature, 325 (1987), 307-8. (proof also enclosed).
• Letter from Daniel C. Dennett to Maynard Smith; 11 Dec 1995.
• Letter from Motoo Kimura to Maynard Smith; 30 Oct 1978.
• Letter from Roger Lewin (New Scientist) to Maynard Smith; 2 Apr 1976.
• Letter from R.C. Lewontin to Maynard Smith; 13 Jun 1989. Enclosed is Lewontin’s review of ‘Evolutionary Genetics’ by John Maynard Smith, Nature, 339, (1989), 107.
• Note from Jonathan Richards to Maynard Smith; undated.
• Note from Mary-Kay Wilmus, London Review of Books; 26 Jul undated. Attached are handwritten notes by Maynard Smith and article by Peter Medawar on Pluto’s Republic.
• Note from Mary-Kay Wilmus enclosing the manuscript ‘The open universe: an argument for indeterminism’ by Karl Popper.
• Letter from Alan Winter to Maynard Smith; 12 Jul 1979. Enclosed is a
• review of Maynard Smith’s book by Jonathan Roughgarden, ‘The evolution of sex’, American Scientist, 67 (1979), 345-6.
• Presidential address to the zoology section of the British Association for Advencement of Science by John Maynard Smith. August 1983.
• Presentation address on the occasion of the conferment of the degree of Doctor of Science of the Univeristy of Sussex to John Maynard Smith; 12 Jul 1988.
• Manuscript of ‘The dialectical biologist’: review of a book by Richard Levins and Richard Lewontin.
• Henry C. Harpending’s review of 'The evolution of sex' by John Maynard Smith. Proof sent to Maynard Smith by Henry C. Harpending. Annotation reads: ‘To appear in American Anthropologist: I enjoyed the book the second time I read it; the first reading was rough’.
• Paul. H. Harvey’s review of ‘Games, sex and evolution’ by John Maynard Smith. Draft.
• Paul. H. Harvey’s review of ‘Evolutionary Genetics’ by John Maynard Smith. Typewritten draft.
• W.G. Hill’s review of ‘The evolution of sex by John Maynard Smith. Draft.
• Maynard Smith’s review of ‘Mind and Nature’ by Gregory Bateson. Draft and proof.
• Maynard Smith’s review of ‘Order out of chaos: the evolutionary paradigm and the physical sciences’ by Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers. Proof. Annotation reads: ‘Please correctly return post’.
• Draft for the review of ‘The socio-biology debate’ by Arthur L. Caplan. Possibly by Maynard Smith.
• Draft for the review of ‘Beyond neo-darwinism: an introduction to the new evolutionary paradigm’ by Mae-Wan Ho, Peter T. Saunders. Possibly by Maynard Smith.
• Series of notes and references. Typewritten.
• Manuscript of ‘Mysteries of sex and recombination’ by George C. Williams.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘The conscience of the scientist’, The Listener, 7 Aug 1969, 178-180. Original and proof.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Genesis of the origins’: review of ‘A psychological study of scientific creativity’ by Howard E. Gruber, New Scientist, 21 Nov 1974, 600.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Survival though suicide’: review of ‘Sociobiology-the new synthesis’ by Edward O. Wilson, New Scientist, 28 Aug 1975, 496-7.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Ethics and human evolution’, New Scientist, 15 Apr 1976, 121-3.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Device and desires’, review of ‘Tools for thought’ by C.H. Waddington, Times Literary Supplement, 29 Apr 1977, Science, p. 526.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Genes and memes’: review of ‘The extended phenotype’ by Richard Dawkins, London Review of Books, 4-18 Feb 1982, 3-4.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Descending sloth’, review of ‘The mammalian radiations: an analysis of trends in evolution, adaptation and behaviour’ by John Eisenberg, London Review of Books, 1-14 Apr 1982, 6-7.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Storming the fortress’: review of ‘The growth of biological thought’ by Ernst Mayr, and ‘The possible and the actual’ by Francois Jacob, New York Review of Books, 13 May 1982, 41-42.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Staying neutral on evolution’: review of ‘The neutral theory of molecular evolution’ by Motoo Kimura, Nature, 306 (1983), 713-4.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Science and myth’, Natural History, 93 (1984), 11-24.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Evolution for those who have ears’: review of ‘The Blind watchmaker’ by Richard Dawkins, New Scientist, 20 Nov 1986, 61.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Mechanism of advance’: review of ‘Science as a process’ by David L. Hull, Science, 242 (1988), 1182-3.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Generating novelty by symbiosis’, Nature, 341 (1989), 284-5.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘The Y of human relationships’, Nature, 344 (1990), 591-2.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Recipe for bad science?’: review of ‘Beyond natural selection’ by Robert Wesson, Nature, 352 (1991), 206.
• John Maynard Smith’s review of ‘Introduction to the theory of population genetics’ by Jonathan Roughgarden, New Scientist, undated, 25.
• John Maynard Smith, ‘Book of genesis’: review of ‘The dragon of Eden: Speculations on the evolution of human intelligence’ by Carl Sagan, unidentified journal, 23-4.
• C.R. Austin, ‘Reproductive methods’: review of ‘The evolution of sex’ by John Maynard Smith, Times Higher Education Supplement, 20 Oct 1978.
• Patrick Bateson, ‘Sociobiology: The debate continues’: review of ‘Not in our genes: biology, ideology and human nature’ by Steven Rose, Leon J. Kamin and R.C. Lewontin, New Scientist, 24 Jan 1985, 58-60.
• Patrick Bateson, ‘Take the Maynard Smith tour to biology’: review of ‘The problems of biology’ by John Maynard Smith, New Scientist, 27 Feb 1986, 50.
• J.A. Beardmore’s review of ‘The evolution of sex by John Maynard Smith, The Biologist, 26 (1979).
• Margaret Boden, ‘Sorting out the tigers from the zebras’, New Scientist, 16 Feb 1984, 11-12.
• Richard Dawkins, review of ‘Evolution and the theory of games’ by John Maynard Smith, Animal Behaviour, 31 (1983), 632.
• Stephen J. Gould, ‘Order and the square snails’: review of ‘Game, sex and evolution’ by John Maynard Smith, Nature, 339 (1989), 438.
• Alen Grafen, ‘Playing the game’: review of ‘Evolution and the theory of games’ by John Maynard Smith, Times Higher Education Supplement, 18 Feb 1983, p. 22 (original and photocopy).
• C.J Grant, ‘Life sciences’: review of ‘The evolution of sex’ by John Maynard Smith, British Book News, Dec 1978.
• R. Heller, review of ‘Evolution and the theory of games’ by John Maynard Smith, Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie, 2 (1983), 265.
• J.F.C Kingman, review of ‘Evolution and the theory of games’ by John Maynard Smith, New Scientist, 2 Dec 1982.
• L. Koulisher’s review of ‘The evolution of sex’ by John Maynard Smith, Revue des questions scientifiques, Octobre 1979. In French.
• J.-P. Maelfait’s review of ‘Models in ecology’ by John Maynard Smith, Natuurwetenschappelijk Tidschrift, May-Jun 1979. (In Dutch).
• Peter Medawar, ‘For all mankind’: review of ‘On being the right size, and other essays’ by J.B.S. Haldane, Guardian, 22 Feb 1985.
• Ursula Mittwoch, ‘The twofold advantage of sex’; review of ‘The evolution of sex’ by John Maynard Smith, New Scientist, Sep 1978.
• R. Piechocki’s review of ‘The evolution of sex’ by John Maynard Smith, Theoretical and applied genetics, 54 (1979), 283.
• Mark Ridley, ‘Hawks and Doves’: review of ‘Evolution and the theory of games’ by John Maynard Smith, London Review of Books, Jul-Aug 1983.
• Alan Robertson, ‘Evolutionary advantages of sex’: review of ‘Evolution of sex’ by John Maynard Smith, Nature, 276 (1978), 123-4 (photocopy and proof).
• Jonathan Roughgarden’s review of ‘The evolution of Sex’ by John Maynard Smith, American Scientist, 67 (1979), 345-356.
• Jon Turey, ‘The algebraist of evolution’, Times Higher Education Supplement, 31 Jan 1986, p. 13.
• I. Zmoray’s review of ‘The evolution of sex’ by John Maynard Smith, Biologia¸ 3 (1979).
• Review of ‘The evolution of sex’ by John Maynard Smith, Plant Breeding Abstracts, 49 (1979). Unidentified author.
• Review of ‘The evolution of sex’ by John Maynard Smith, Aslib, Dec 1978. Unidentified author.
• Letter to the editor by Anthony Hallam, London review of books; undated. Photocopy. Attached is Maynard Smith’s typewritten reply.