John Maynard Smith
Sign in to saveBritish theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1920
- Died
- 2004-04-19
- Works
- 52
Top works
- Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution
- Mathematical Ideas in Biology
- Yaşamın Kökenleri
- Evolution: Prozesse, Mechanismen, Modelle (German Edition)
- Evolution and the Theory of Games
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- 7
- Total plays
- 36
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5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 199,603x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,587x
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 41,793x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,227x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1920-01-06 ) 6 January 1920, London , England
- Died
- 19 April 2004 (2004-04-19) (aged 84), Lewes , East Sussex , England
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge , University College London
- Known for
- Game theory , Evolution of sex , Signalling theory
- Fields
- Evolutionary biologist and geneticist
- Institutions
- University College London , University of Sussex
- Doctoral advisor
- J. B. S. Haldane
- Doctoral students
- Sean Nee
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Key dates
- Born
- 6 February 1920
- Died
- 19 April 2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Lewes
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- University of London
- Employer
- University of Sussex
- Languages spoken
- English language
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John Maynard Smith (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the biologist J. B. S. Haldane. Maynard Smith was instrumental in the application of game theory to evolution with George R. Price, and theorised on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory.
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