BIO 3102 Study Guide - Genetic Programming, Vitalism, Nictitating Membrane
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Ages of sand: the major innovation of time presented by douglas adams, which helped further our knowledge of biology through innovations created by silica, telescopes mankind forms lenses out of glass with which they are able to observe far off things, microscopes we are able to use lenses to magnify microscopic organisms and in so doing expose ourselves to a whole new world of living organisms, computer chips we are able to use silicon computer chips to perform complex and quick operations, fiber optics we are now able to send signals through glass like substances over long distances. Chronological prediction: not always reliable as it makes the assumption that events will always occur as they have in the past, refers to how scientists predict outcomes based on how they played out in the past, ex: a coin was flipped 15 times and it was heads, therefore the next times it will also be head.
