BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Secondary Source, Special Creation, Theophrastus

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

Life can"t be explained in pure mechanical terms because there is something superior and immaterial which creates the living. Phenomena are only partially controlled by mechanical forces. Physical and chemical laws apply but living things have a vital force (essence) Did systematic dynamic dissection to identify the classic division of the human body. Published to show the basic structure of the human body based on the dissection of cadavers. Created a mechanism to visualize small objects; the first microscope. Never revealed how he created the microscope. Important because it made the world realize that there are a lot of unknown organisms in the world. The evolutionary history and functional utility of a behavior. Proximate call of a zebra running away from another zebras call would be the alarm call; ultimate cause of the zebra running away is for survival. A broadly applicable idea or hypothesis that has been confirmed by ever conceivable text.