History of Biology
by The beginning of biological science.
The beginning of biology can be traced up in the ancient Greece. The early Greeks were the first known biologist. The Greeks began their biological investigation as early as 500 B.C. They first believe that their gods controlled everything in nature.(create free nda)
The philosophers were believe to be the first biological scientist. They believe that an individual must investigate to find answers to a variety of questions about his/her surrounding nature. One should use his/her ability to reason out and understand life and nature itself. These are the same doctrines that serves as guides to our scientists of today.
One of the greatest Philosopher who live in the time of the golden age of Greece was Aristotle. He was considered as the father of Biology due to his contribution on its early history.
Aristotle have studied the hearts and brains of animals and from this he correlated the warming-cooling functions of the heart and brain to human feelings and emotion.
Then came Galen, a roman physician who became the greatest authority on human anatomy. Galen obtained knowledge from the dissection of animals. He uses Barbary Ape as his best model of his description of human anatomy.
Andres Vesalius, a rebellious Belgian student also became a historical figure in Biology. The methods of teaching and the books of Vesalius set new and lasting standards for the anatomy science.
William Harvey, an English physician also provides contribution in the field of anatomy. He study the circulation of the blood and determined the real functions of the heart and blood vessels.
William Harvey
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A French physiologist Rene Dutrochet and English scientist Robert Hooke followed with their discovery of the cells as the basic unit of structure of tissues.
Robert Hooke
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This discovery can also be attributed to Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. He is a Dutch naturalist and inventor who created the first microscope. These microscope was made of lenses that were invented by the Jansen Brothers, a Dutch spectacle makers.
Antoni Van Leeuwenhook
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Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian sculptor, painter,engineer and architect, suggest earlier the use of magnifying glass to observe small objects before the microscope was invented.
Finally in 1935, J. Watson and F. Crick with another scientist M. Wilkins discovered the (DNA) or the deoxyribonucleic acid. This DNA is now considered as the blue print of life.
A DNA model
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