Introducing biology
Biology is the study of living beings that is all plants and animals including humans.
Nowadays scientists prefer the term 'life science' instead of biology in an effort to emphasize the focus on the study of the life process. However 'biology' itself means the study or science of the life (greek:bios=life;logos=study).
Greek were probably the pioneers of an of the organized study of biology.
Aristotle(384-322B.C) was the first person to study animals in the sufficient and he is called the father of biology.
Theophrastus(370-285B.C.)mainly studied plants and is said to be the father of botany.
Hippocrates(460-377B.C)rationalised the science of healing and treating the sick. He is called the father of medicine.
The latest is that scientists are planning to create life,some single celled bacteria, from lifeless material using fatty acids and nucleotides.
Nowadays scientists prefer the term 'life science' instead of biology in an effort to emphasize the focus on the study of the life process. However 'biology' itself means the study or science of the life (greek:bios=life;logos=study).
Greek were probably the pioneers of an of the organized study of biology.
Aristotle(384-322B.C) was the first person to study animals in the sufficient and he is called the father of biology.
Theophrastus(370-285B.C.)mainly studied plants and is said to be the father of botany.
Hippocrates(460-377B.C)rationalised the science of healing and treating the sick. He is called the father of medicine.
The latest is that scientists are planning to create life,some single celled bacteria, from lifeless material using fatty acids and nucleotides.
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