BIOL 121 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
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Dr. chilton summarize our first lecture quickly and then he explained the outline for the class. He introduced himself again in the class and showed the video that he wanted to present in the last class. He explained what biology is and showed a video of big bang theory. Review and understand lecture notes since there is no textbook for this class. Biology: greek: bio = (cid:862)life(cid:863), logos = (cid:862)knowledge(cid:863: scientific study of life / living things, knowledge of life. Fo(cid:396)(cid:373)ed (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) based o(cid:374) obse(cid:396)vatio(cid:374) to lea(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:862)t(cid:396)uths(cid:863) about the universe: used inductive reasoning, but believed that both observation & experimentation needed learn the truth. Inductive reasoning: general conclusion are drawn from specific observation. Deductive reasoning: specific observation are predicted from a general premise, predicting of what will happen. Pola(cid:396) bea(cid:396) (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:373)a(cid:396)iti(cid:373)e bea(cid:396)s(cid:863)(cid:895: are adapted to deal with: Moving across snow, ice & open water.
