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100 1 $aAsimov, Isaac,$d1920-1992$0(NOBLE)70635
245 12 $aA short history of biology.
250 $a[1st ed.]
260 $aGarden City, N.Y.,$bPublished for the American Museum of Natural History [by] the Natural History Press,$c1964.
300 $aix, 182 p.$billus., diagrs.$c18 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aAncient biology. The beginning of science -- Ionia -- Athens -- Alexandria -- Rome -- Medieval biology. The dark ages -- The Renaissance -- The transition -- The birth of modern biology. The new anatomy -- The circulation of blood -- The beginnings of biochemistry -- The microscope -- Classifying life. Spontaneous generation -- Arranging the species -- Approach to evolution -- The geological background -- Compounds and cells. Gases and life -- Organic compounds -- Tissues and embryos -- Evolution. Natural selection -- The struggle over evolution -- The descent of man -- Offshoots of evolution -- The beginnings of genetics. The gap in Darwinian theory -- Mendel's peas -- Mutation -- Chromosomes -- The fall of vitalism. Nitrogen and the diet -- Calorimetry -- Fermentation -- Enzymes -- The war against disease. Vaccination -- The germ theory of disease -- Bacteriology -- Insects -- Food factors -- Vitamins -- The nervous system. Hypnotism -- The nerves and brain -- Behavior -- Nerve potentials -- Blood. Hormones -- Serology -- Blood groups -- Virus diseases -- Allergy -- Metabolism. Chemotherapy -- Antibiotics and pesticides -- Metabolic intermediates -- Radioactive isotopes -- Molecular biology: Protein. Enzymes and coenzymes -- Electrophoresis and X-ray diffraction -- Chromatography -- Amino acid arrangement -- Molecular biology: Nucleic acid. Viruses and genes -- The importance of DNA -- The genetic code -- The origin of life.
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