BIOL 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lunar Society Of Birmingham, Sailing Ship, Blending Inheritance
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Ancient beliefs and myths--creationism, e. g. "the universal seed" Aristotle: the universe is eternal and cyclical, made the five genera of animals (distinguished between fish vs. whale) After rome empire: the knowledge of the world been fit into cristian belief. Roger bacon: the first experimental approach and observation medieval cosmos: structure of the world, earth is the center of layers of crystals. Engineering and science improve how people perceive the world e. g. sailing ship, telescope. The sun being the center of universe provides a simpler theory to predict stellar movements. Understanding the mechanism of operation of universe: modern physics by newton. Morphology and museum collection (fossils): systematic study of the organisms in the world the lunar society: inquiry of mechanical interpretation of the living world. Uniformitarian geology, weak forces acting for a long time, creating the shape of the world. Lamarck, first evolution mechanism and branching diagram of species, theory of evolution.
