Ernst Mayr

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in his last decade as a centenarian, wrote a book called This is Biology: The Science of the Living World.[1] In the opening chapter, What Is the Meaning of “Life” , he declares that understanding 'life' is one of the major objectives of biology.

Evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr (1904-2005) in 1994. From Meyer A (2005) On the importance of being Ernst Mayr. PLoS Biol 3(5): e152
  1. Mayr E (1997) This is Biology: The Science of the Living World. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press