BIO 1130 Lecture 1: Pre Darwin - Keywords-2

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

Document Summary

Ages of sand way to look at the modern age of science proposed by douglas adams. There are 4 ages, the first being the invention of the telescope, second the invention of the microscope, third the invention of the computer chip and fourth the invention of the optic fibres. Al-dinawari during the medieval ages in the botanical sciences, al-dinawari catalogued plants increasing theophrastus"s plant composition. Alhazen first to describe the scientific method still used today. Al-jahiz his book the book of animals proposed the struggle for existence, the food chain and evolution. Aristotle one of the great greek philosophers of the greek and roman ages, student of plato in the field of zoology. He created the first inventory of all living and non-living organisms (great chain of being) and named it the scala naturae . Gods were at the top followed by humans then different classes of animals, then plants and finally all inanimate matter.