Biology History 2600-HBBIOL-1-S2
- https://www.bio.umk.pl/keib/
- http://www.biol.umk.pl/keib (term 2021/22Z)
- http://www.biol.umk.pl/keib (term 2022/23Z)
- http://www.biol.umk.pl/keib (term 2023/24Z)
- http://www.biol.umk.pl/keib (term 2024/25Z)
During the lecture the following topics are discussed
1. What is biology and which biological disciplines have developed
2. Natural history in ancient Greece and the Roman Imperium
3. Medieval natural history, first universities
4. From deductionims to empiricism: William Ockham, Galileo, Locke, and Kuhn
5. First journal of natural history, first botanical gardens, and expeditions: Maria Merian, Linne, Darwin, von Humboldt, Challenger
6. The development of medicine from ancient Greek times on
7. From Platon to Darwin: from the great chain of beings to biological variability
8. What is life, vitalism and abiogeneis
9. Behaviourism: from Descartes to Goodall and de Waals
10. history of taxonomy: from Aristotle to Hennig
11. History of biological disciplines: genetics, neurobiology, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, ecology
12. Advances in methodology: microscopy, electrophoresis, sequencing, neurobiology
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Total student workload
Learning outcomes - knowledge
Learning outcomes - skills
Learning outcomes - social competencies
Teaching methods
Expository teaching methods
- participatory lecture
Exploratory teaching methods
Online teaching methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods
Type of course
Prerequisites
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Final test of knowledge
Marks:
sufficient: 60%-70% of points
sufficient plus: 71%-80% of points
good: 81%-87% of points
good plus: 88%-94% of points
very good: > 94% points
Practical placement
not applicable
Bibliography
1. Anthony Serafini: The Epic History of Biology. Basic Books 2001
2. A Brief History in Biology: online http://www.f.waseda.jp/sidoli/STS_Intro_09.pdf
Students have access to all slides of the lecture at the NCU cloud:
https://edudrive.umk.pl/public.php?service=files&t=580a5e43e59e92d6bee39cc5644e75c0
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Term 2021/22Z:
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Term 2022/23Z:
as above |
Term 2023/24Z:
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Term 2024/25Z:
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Notes
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Term 2021/22Z:
Online lecture using Teams |
Term 2022/23Z:
Online lecture using Teams |
Term 2023/24Z:
Online lecture using Teams |
Term 2024/25Z:
Online lecture using Teams |
Additional information
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