Editing John Maynard Smith (section)

===Evolution of sex and other major transitions in evolution===
Maynard Smith published a book titled ''The Evolution of Sex'' which explored in mathematical terms, the notion of the "[[Evolution of sex#Two-fold cost of sex|two-fold cost of sex]]". During the late 1980s he also became interested in [[Evolutionary transition in individuality (ETI)|evolutionary transitions in individuality (ETIs)]] and worked with the evolutionary biologist [[Eörs Szathmáry]].<ref name="Michod"/> Together they wrote an influential 1995 book ''[[The Major Transitions in Evolution]]'', a seminal work which continues to contribute to ongoing issues in evolutionary biology.<ref name="Sterelny">{{cite book | last = Sterelny | first = Kim | author-link = Kim Sterelny| title= Dawkins vs. Gould: Survival of the Fittest| year=2007 | publisher=Icon Books| location = Cambridge, U.K. |isbn=978-1-84046-780-2}} Also {{ISBN|978-1-84046-780-2}}</ref><ref name="evolutionthe1st4billionyears">{{cite book | title=Evolution: The First Four Billion Years | last=Benton | first=Michael | author-link=Michael J. Benton | chapter=Paleontology and the History of Life |editor=Michael Ruse |editor2=Joseph Travis | year=2009 | publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | location=Cambridge, Massachusetts | isbn=978-0-674-03175-3 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/evolutionfirstfo00mich/page/80 80–104] | chapter-url-access=registration | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/evolutionfirstfo00mich/page/80 }}</ref> A popular science version of the book, ''The Origins of Life: From the birth of life to the origin of language'', was published in 1999.

In 1991 he 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 his mathematical models applying the theory of games to evolutionary problems" (motivation of the Balzan General Prize Committee). In 1995 he 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. Williams (biologist)|George C. Williams]]. In 2001 he was awarded the [[Kyoto Prize]].

In his honour the [[European Society for Evolutionary Biology]] has an award for extraordinary young evolutionary biology researchers named ''The [[John Maynard Smith Prize]]''.