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Chapter 1: The Science of Biology. In this chapter, you will review the definition of biology and the characteristics of living things. You will also learn how the study of science leads to an understanding of the natural world and see how science is done in the real-life. Finally, this chapter covers the themes that unify all of the concepts ...
Aug 12, 2023 · 1.1: The Science of Biology. In simple terms, biology is the study of living organisms and their interactions with one another and their environments. This is a very broad definition because the scope of biology is vast. Biologists may study anything from the microscopic or submicroscopic view of a cell to ecosystems and the whole living planet.
Biology is the study of living organisms, including their physical structure (from cells to whole individuals), chemical processes (such as metabolism), physiology, and development. This is a very broad definition because the scope of biology is vast. Biologists may study anything from the microscopic view of a cell to ecosystems and the whole ...
- Why ‘Symbols’ and Not ‘Signals’?
- Gordon Tomkins’ Molecular and Hormonal View of Symbols
- A Current Perspective on Tomkins’ Views on Metabolic Coding Systems
- Continuity in Symbolic Communication
The term ‘symbol’ generally refers to elements that map signifiers to that which they signify (Deacon 1997). This mapping can be understood as either arbitrary or transparent. If the mapping is arbitrary, a code is needed to understand the logic that makes the mapping meaningful. Words are signifiers that are symbols because that which they signify...
In 1975, molecular biologist Gordon Tomkins presented a paper in which he attempted “to understand regulation in complicated multicellular organisms in terms of the evolution and function of seemingly comparable processes which occur in much simpler systems” (Tomkins 1975). For Tomkins, the notion of there being any biological discontinuity between...
The use of the word ‘symbol’ in descriptions of mechanisms of cell communication was not subsequently adopted by molecular biologists. In the authoritative text, Molecular Biology of the Cell (Alberts et al. 2002) the word ‘symbol’ does not appear in the index. Cellular communication is prominently featured in the book but the more neutral word ‘si...
What precisely does it mean to say that communication in biological entities is symbolic or representational? In the case of cells, an environmental condition such as the concentration of glucose molecules cannot be allowed to directly affect the internal conditions of the cell in a way that would destabilize those conditions and lead to cell death...
- Liz Stillwaggon Swan, Louis J. Goldberg
- 2010
Dec 31, 2002 · The dimension of meaning, therefore, is a necessary complement of autopoiesis: Life unfolds, as the other side of its physico-chemical existence, a sphere of meaning for a self emerging exactly in ...
Sep 4, 2007 · The omission of a clear definition of “character”, then, is what ought to warrant concern in book-length treatments of “comparative method” in evolutionary biology (Harvey and Pagel, 1991), the nature of morphological data (Wiens, 2000), or the relations between homology and systematics (Scotland and Pennington, 2000).
Chapter 1: Introduction to Biology In its broadest sense, biology is the study of living things. It can be also called as the science of life from its objective standpoint. All living things or living organisms are studied under this division of science. It pays attention and study on the things related to
