Contemporary perspectives of biology /
Robert W. Korn and Ellen J. Korn
- New York : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c1971
- x, 606 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Part one : Chemical energy and biological systems -- Part two : The Cell -- Part three : Growth and cellular differentiation -- Part four : Evolution -- Part five : Ecology and biosystematics
A science does not exist to be taught, but as a means of inquiry and of interpreting natural phenomena through experimentation. It is a travesty of good science to assume that the existing body of knowledge can be organized and taught without considerations of prevalent research attitudes of the field.