Introduction - MT1 Flashcards
What is the study of biology?
Living things
Who was biology first used by?
Lamarack
- he was a French naturalist
When was biology first used?
1802
What 2 disciplines studied living things before the mid 19th century?
- Medicine
2. Natural history (everything outside medicine)
Why didn’t they dissect human bodies before the 19th century? (2)
- It was illegal
2. It was hard to do
What did they dissect instead of humans?
Animals
What was one of the first model animals for dissection?
Barbary ape
What does the discipline of history attempt to understand?
Human past
What is the most broadest and most integrative discipline?
History
What are the 5 subdivisions of history?
- History of geographic entities/political entities
- Political history
- Military history
- Economic history
- Biography
History of geographic entities/political entities (2)
- History of Vancouver Island
2. History of Canada
Political history
Traditional or global
Military history
Major events of the world
Economic history
Capitalism vs communism
Who is Paracelsus?
Early chemist
Historiography
The study of historical writing
What 2 factors can the basis of intellectual history be understood on?
- Internal factors
2. External factors
Internal factors
Trying to understand changes in the science on a basis of inner dynamics
External factors
Sharing ideas/effect progress of science
What are the 2 disciplines that are both historical in nature?
- Biology
2. History
When was the battle of Issus?
333BC
Why do we study history? (5)
- Intellectual curiosity
- To expand ones imagination
- To use the past as a guide to our actions in the future
- To connect with the past on an emotional or spiritual level
- Guilty pleasure
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to do what?
Repeat it
What 2 things did George Santayana say?
- Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat
- History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there
Who were 4 people we have learned from?
- Winston Churchill
- Joseph Stalin
- Charles Darwin
- John Nash
Winston Churchill
Famous for his speeches and for his refusal to give in, even when things are bad
Joseph Stalin
Transformed the soviet union from a peasant society into an industrial and military super power
- ruled by terror
Charles Darwin
Famous for his work on the theory of evolution
John Nash
Received a Nobel Prize in economics for pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory on non-cooperative games
Connecting with the past on a emotional or spiritual level?
- 2004 Olympics were help in Greece
- The shotput event was held at the original location
- However, athletes were properly clothed and women were allowed to watch
- Spiritual level –> last supper
Guilty pleasure
Most of the stories are not true but interesting to listen too
What can biology inquiry be seen as?
Attempt to answer 4 general questions
What were the 4 general biology questions?
- What living things are there in the world and how do they interact?
- Where do organisms come from?
- How do organisms work?
- Why do offspring resemble their parents? Why are offspring different from their parents?
What do scientists try and do?
Arrange life in a set order
- rational form
What did people not believe long ago?
That things like bacteria existed because you could not see them
What do we know through fossils?
That some organisms went extinct before humans arrived while some stayed
Where do organisms come from?
Spontaneous generation
- sterile broth left for extended period of time started to develop micro-organisms
How do organisms work? (2)
- Circulation of the blood
2. Electron transport chain
Why do offspring resemble their parents?
Heredity
BC
Before Christ
- 100 BC
AD
Anno Domini
- AD 2016
BCE
Before the Common Era
- 100 BCE
CE
Common Era
- CE 2016
Who did Aristotle live after?
Thales
When Aristotle was young, who were old men? (2)
- Democritus
2. Hippocrates
Who is Aristotle a younger contemporary of?
Plato
