Published “SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python” in Nature Methods — cited 36,839 times.
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John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith 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…
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science · English biologist and geneticist (1920–2004) · biologist · theoretical biologist · geneticist · zoologist · writer · economist · university teacher · mathematician · also John Maynard Smith, John Maynard-Smith, J. Maynard Smith, J. Maynard-Smith, Maynard Smith, Maynard-Smith
Born 6 January 1920 · Died 19 April 2004 · Q323207
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Published “GROMACS: High performance molecular simulations through multi-level parallelism from laptops to supercomputers” in SoftwareX — cited 25,546 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Won Darwin–Wallace Medal (2008).
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2004· 1 entry
Died 2004-04-19.
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (2001).
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Crafoord Prize in Biosciences (1999).
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Won Copley Medal (1999).
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1997· 2 entries
Won Royal Medal (1997).
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Published “Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test” in BMJ — cited 48,820 times.
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1995· 4 entries
Awarded ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences (1995).
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Won Linnean Medal (1995).
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Won ASAB Medal (1995).
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Was awarded the Linnean Medal by the Linnean Society and in 1999 he was awarded the Crafoord Prize jointly with Ernst Mayr and George C
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Balzan Prize (1991).
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Was awarded the Balzan Prize for genetics and evolution "for his powerful analysis of evolutionary theory and of the role of sexual reproduction as a critical factor in evolution and in the survival of species; for hi
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1989· 1 entry
Won Frink Medal (1989).
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1986· 1 entry
Won Darwin Medal (1986).
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1985· 1 entry
Won Mendel Medal (1985).
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1976· 3 entries
Awarded Tinbergen Lecture (1976).
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Hamilton also objected to an anecdote included by Maynard Smith in a review published in the New Scientist in 1976 which implied Maynard Smith's mentor Haldane had understood the concept of Hamilton's inclusive fitness in the 1950s.
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Which implied Maynard Smith's mentor Haldane had understood the concept of Hamilton's inclusive fitness in the 1950s
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1973· 1 entry
Maynard Smith formalised a central concept in evolutionary game theory called the evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS), based on a verbal argument by George R
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1964· 1 entry
In March 1964, Maynard Smith published the article "Group Selection and Kin selection" in Nature, which covered concepts from Hamilton's article.
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1963· 2 entries
Which was eventually published as two papers in July 1964
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Another evolutionary biologist, William Donald Hamilton, harboured a grievance against Maynard Smith for his handling of an article that Hamilton submitted to The Journal of Theoretical Biology in 1963, which was eventually published as two papers in July 1964.
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1962· 1 entry
Was one of the founding members of the University of Sussex and was a dean between 1965 and 1985
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1958· 1 entry
(with subsequent editions in 1966, 1975, 1993)
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1956· 2 entries
Like many other intellectuals, after the Soviet Union brutally suppressed the Hungarian Revolution (Haldane had left the party in 1950 after becoming similarly disillusioned)
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Published “Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances” in Analytical Chemistry — cited 42,370 times.
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1939· 1 entry
Defied his party's line and volunteered for service
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1928· 1 entry
The family moved to Exmoor, where he became interested in natural history
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-01-06.
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