A short history of biology
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Author
Publication
1964 - Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] the Natural History Press, Garden City, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
45,500 words, Guess
Page Count
182 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5910258M
- OCLC Control Number253878
- OCLC Control Numbershorthistoryofbi00asim
- Library of Congress Control Number64011696
Classifications
- DDC574.09
- LCCQH305 .A8
Description
The science of biology has grown from the time of ancient Greeks to the present time, which has seen an explosive growth in the field, particularly in the field of molecular biology. Professor Asimov outlines the growth of biological ideas. Issac Asimov was a american writer. He was writing the book 'short history of biology'. In 400B.C, when Hippocrates wrote a book claiming that epilepsy, the sacred disease, was a natural disorder and not a visitation of demons , the science if biology may be said to have begun. . This book is exactly what it's title implies.
Description
The science of biology has grown from the time of ancient Greeks to the present time, which has seen an explosive growth in the field, particularly in the field of molecular biology. Professor Asimov outlines the growth of biological ideas.
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