Ecology, Evolution and Diversity

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Ecology, Evolution and Diversity
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Steven Mark Norris
Steven.norris_at_csuci.edu
http//faculty.csuci.edu/steven.norris/
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Biology
bio logia

study of life
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Biology
skin-in
skin-out
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Hierarchy of Life
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Hierarchy of Life
Our Class
Some other Class
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Hierarchy of Life
Our Class
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Biological Themes
Evolution
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the
light of evolution.
Theodosius Dobzhansky
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Biological Themes
Ecology
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Biological Themes
Bio-diversity
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Science
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Western Science
Plato and Aristotle
Raphael, ca. 1510
The Vatican
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Middle Ages
Knowledge comes from authority and revelation
Mediaeval copy of Aristotles writings
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Renaissance - Age of Enlightenment
(starting1500s)
Knowledge comes from exploration, examination and
experimentation
An anatomy lesson
Rembrandt (1632)
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Natural Philosophy
Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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Natural Philosophy
Let it not suffice to be book-learned, to read
what others have written and to take upon trust
more falsehood than truth, but let us ourselves
examine things as we have opportunity, and
converse with Nature as well as with books.
John Ray -- 1691
(1627-1705)
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The Scientific Method
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The Scientific Method
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The Scientific Method
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When Science and politics collide
Trofim Lysenko (1898-1976)
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A dark room
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Ichthyology
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Ichthyology
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Ichthyology
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Ichthyology
National Museum of Natural History (Paris)
Natural History Museum (London)
Royal Museum of Central Africa (Belgium)
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Ichthyology
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Ichthyology
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Limitations of Science