Harvard professor emeritus Everett I. Mendelsohn stands on the Great Wall of China in July 2005. Mendelsohn, known for his pioneering work studying the history of biology and the relationship between ...

Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Equus quagga and Lord Morton's mare -- 2. Passiflora gracilis : inside Darwin's greenhouse -- 3. Homo sapiens : Francis Galton's fairground attraction -- 4.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Ancient Greece and Rome -- The Facts. The Birth of Biology -- Overview of Ancient Greek and Roman Biological Sciences -- Hippocratic Medicine ; Aristotle -- Galen’s ...

The 30 credit interdisciplinary major consists of three foundation courses, one senior seminar, one course in ecology, one in the philosophy/history of science, and four approved electives. In ...