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Key pointers to learning biology
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
Biology today, a survey of the science of life
These pointers are oriented to providing students with a clear path through the Citizendium.
- Anatomy [r]: The branch of morphology given to the study of the structure of members of the biological kingdom Animalia (animals). [e]
- Behavior [r]: The actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to a stimulus or its environment. [e]
- Biochemistry [r]: The chemistry of living things; a field of both biology and chemistry. [e]
- Biodiversity [r]: The study of the diversity of life. [e]
- Biogeography [r]: The study of patterns of species distribution and the processes that result in such patterns. [e]
- Biophysics [r]: The study of forces and energies in biological systems. [e]
- Botany [r]: The study of plants and fungi (mycology). [e]
- Cell Biology [r]: The study of the components of cells and their interactions. [e]
- Developmental biology [r]: The study of how cells grow and interact to form an organism. [e]
- Ecology [r]: The study of the distribution and abundance of organisms and how they are affected by the environment. [e]
- Ethology [r]: The scientific study of animal behavior. [e]
- Evolutionary biology [r]: The study of the origin and descent of species, as well as their change, multiplication, and diversity over time. [e]
- Genetics [r]: The study of the inheritance of characteristics, genes and DNA. [e]
- Marine biology [r]: The study of life in the seas and oceans. [e]
- Molecular biology [r]: The study of molecular interactions within cells. [e]
- Physiology [r]: The study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of tissues and how they interact. [e]
- Systematics [r]: The study of the diversity of organism characteristics, and how they relate via evolution. [e]
- Taxonomy [r]: The principles underlying classification, often in a hierarchy. [e]
- Zoology [r]: The scientific study of animals. [e]
Further reading
- Timothy Shanahan, The Evolution of Darwinism: Selection, Adaptation and Progress in Evolutionary Biology (2004) ISBN 0521834139
- Michel Morange, A History of Molecular Biology ISBN 0−674−39855−6; see review here
- Stephen Jay Gould, Full House: The Spread of Excellence From Plato to Darwin (1996), ISBN 0-517-70394-7 (Released outside North America as Life's Grandeur: The Spread of Excellence From Plato to Darwin (1996), ISBN 0-099-89360-6)
- Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale (2004) ISBN 0-618-00583-8; Audio (2005) ISBN 0-7528-7321-0
