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Books on: ("biology history" OR (biology AND history))

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    Genesis: The Evolution of Biology
    Book by Jan Sapp; Oxford University Press, 2003
    Subjects: 
    Biology--History, Evolution (Biology)--History, Genetics--History
    Collections: Entire Library

    This book presents a history of the past two centuries of biology, suitable for use in courses, but of interest more broadly to evolutionary biologists, geneticists, and biomedical scientists, and general readers interested in the history of science. The book covers the early evolutionary ...
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    The Epic History of Biology
    Book by Anthony Serafini; Plenum Press, 1993
    Subjects: 
    Biologists, Biology--History, Medical Scientists, Medicine--History
    Collections: History, Entire Library

    ...0-306-44511-5 1. Biology -- History. 2. Medicine -- History...of biology. Further, the history of biology is so immense that it is...a difficult and complex history. Biology should, however, be something...
     
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    A History of Biology to about the Year 1900: A General Introduction to the Study of Living Things
    Book by Charles Singer; Abelard-Schuman, 1959
    Subjects: 
    Biology--History
    Collections: History, Entire Library

    A History of Biology Charles Darwin 1809-82 A History OF Biology to about the year 1900 A General...5. Evolutionary History of Living Forms 311...EMERGENCE OF MAIN THEMES OF MODERN BIOLOGY IX...
     
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    Ever since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
    Book by Stephen Jay Gould; Norton, 1977
    Subjects: 
    Evolution (Biology)--History, Natural Selection--History

    ...of a long and sad story in Western history blaming the victim with a stamp of biological inferiority, or using "biology as an accomplice," as Condorcet...most revolutionary notion in the history of biology. Darwins own assessment of the four...social class as a consideration in the history of science. How different would the science of biology be today if Darwin had been the...
     
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    The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
    Book by Stephen Jay Gould; W. W. Norton & Company, 1980
    Subjects: 
    Evolution (Biology)--History, Natural Selection--History

    With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the ...
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Encyclopedia Articles on: ("biology history" OR (biology AND history))

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    Geology
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    GEOLOGY science of the earths history, composition, and structure, and the...associated processes. It draws upon chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, and mathematics...Their individual efforts in the natural history of the earth, however, provided no sustained...have provided insight into the early history of near-earth space. On-site analyses...
     
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    Science
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...sciences include all the branches of biology such as botany , zoology...distinct disciplines for the study of the history and philosophy of science. The Beginnings...norm until recent times. Thus, the history of science is essentially intertwined...made notable studies in the area of biology and anatomy, e.g., by Alcmaeon of...from this explosion of knowledge in biology and biochemistry, with new methods...society as a whole. Never before in history has science played such a dominant...
     
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    Vishniac, Roman
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...Petersburg. Vishniac took degrees in medicine, philosophy, art history, and biology. He fled in 1920 to Berlin, where he conducted research in...became, in 1960, project director and filmmaker for the Living Biology film series sponsored by the National Science Foundation...
     
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    Botany
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...expanded into all areas of biology, including molecular biology , and has developed such specialties as ethnobotany, which...horticulture , and forestry ). See J. von Sachs, History of Botany (tr. 1890, repr. 1967); C. L. Wilson and W. E...B. Lees, Gardens, Plants and Man (1970); A. G. Morton, History of Botanical Science (1981). ____________________ The...
     
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    Museums of Science
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...outstanding collections in local natural history and ethnology. See also botanical garden...The illustration of abstract ideas in biology, e.g., evolution and heredity, was extended...are the American Museum of Natural History , New York City, and the Field Museum of Natural History , Chicago. Although most science museums...
     

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