Project Gutenberg 2018-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 198 Miall, L. C. (Louis Compton) 1842 1921 Miall, Louis Compton w11000078 History of biology Produced by Jwala Kumar Sista, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "History of Biology" by L. C. Miall is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the evolution of biological sciences from ancient times to the more contemporary understanding of biology in the early 1900s. The book likely addresses significant milestones in biological studies and the individuals who contributed to the field, providing readers with an understanding of how biological sciences have developed over centuries. The opening of the text begins with an introduction outlining the state of biology around the year 1500, where it was characterized by a rudimentary natural history of plants and animals, steeped in inaccuracies and ancient fables. Miall highlights the transition from this primitive understanding to the flourishing of biology in later centuries, emphasizing the Greek contributions to the early scientific method and the systematic study of life. He discusses key figures such as Aristotle, whose observations laid the groundwork for comparative anatomy, and sets the stage for discussions on various periods of scientific advancements that followed, leading to the rich and diversified study of biology seen in the modern era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Biology -- History QH Text Category: History - Other Category: Science - Biology 333936 2025-06-23T08:09:13.834634 text/html 328488 2018-10-16T10:49:02 text/html 646190 2025-06-23T08:09:20.497571 application/epub+zip 650183 2025-06-23T08:09:15.045666 application/epub+zip 201452 2025-06-23T08:09:14.444632 application/epub+zip 748436 2025-06-23T08:09:24.534566 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 715609 2025-06-23T08:09:19.991580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268570 2022-09-26T10:09:59.660944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270902 2025-06-23T08:09:12.960685 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 271089 2018-10-16T10:48:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18476 2025-06-23T08:09:24.687605 application/rdf+xml 19196 2025-06-23T08:09:14.568609 image/jpeg 3439 2025-06-23T08:09:14.508608 image/jpeg 105246 2018-10-16T10:49:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 645862 2018-10-16T10:49:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 679186 2025-06-23T08:09:13.921671 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia