Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Ancient Greece and Rome -- The Facts. The Birth of Biology -- Overview of Ancient Greek and Roman Biological Sciences -- Hippocratic Medicine ; Aristotle -- Galen’s ...

Introduction, the science of biology -- Beginnings in biology -- Thinkers in ancient Greece -- Practitioners in the Hellenistic and Arabic cultures -- Founding of universities and artistic renaissance ...

Harvard professor emeritus Everett I. Mendelsohn stands on the Great Wall of China in July 2005. Mendelsohn, known for his pioneering work studying the history of biology and the relationship between ...

Did you know that every living thing on Earth, from the tiniest bacteria to the massive blue whale, follows the same fundamental rules of life? This incredible study of living organisms is called ...

Researchers in the field of synthetic biology are still a long way from being able to assemble living cells from scratch in the laboratory. But according to biochemist David Deamer of the University ...

In a world where we seem to have less and less in common with our neighbors, it’s crucial to focus on what we share. So, here’s an easy one: We’re all human. But wait — what does that mean? Beyond the ...