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unusual facts about Maynard Smith



423d Bombardment Squadron

On 1 May 1943 the aircraft in which Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith was a gunner was struck by enemy fire, igniting fires in the plane's radio compartment and waist.

Tit for tat

Evolutionary game theory, derived from the mathematical theories formalised by von Neumann and Morgenstern (1953), was first devised by Maynard Smith (1972) and explored further in bird behaviour by Robert Hinde.


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Ralph Maynard Smith

Ralph Maynard Smith (27 June 1904 - December 25 1964) was a British artist, writer and architect.

Sidney Maynard Smith

They had a daughter Isabel Valentine Maynard Smith (born 1919), and a son, the biologist John Maynard Smith (1920-2004).

Station House Opera

Julian Maynard Smith (son of the evolutionary geneticist John Maynard Smith) and Miranda Payne founded the company in 1980, and Maynard Smith remains its artistic director.