BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Great Chain Of Being, Systema Naturae, Georges Cuvier

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

Ages of sand: douglas adams came up with the four ages of sand to explain the evolution of scientific research and advancement. First was glass that made great advancements in physics. Second the microscope that allowed people to see things that the human eye cannot. Third is the computer chip that helped complex calculations and speed of information. Fourth is fiber optics which help connectivity and collaboration as well as deeper understanding. Al-dinawari: was a botanist in the islamic world during the medieval ages that elaborated on work by theophostus and catalogued plants. Alhazen: was an arab philosopher and polymath during the medieval ages that established a set of rules and principles regarding the study of physics. He started the idea of the scientific method and the way to approach hypothesis. Al-jahiz: was a muslim scholar during the medieval ages that first came up with the concept of evolution and natural selection (struggle for existence and inheritance of certain characteristics)