Romans 12:9

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• Romans 129
• 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that
  which is evil cleave to that which is good.

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What is Biology?And What Can You Do With It?

• Timothy G. Standish, Ph. D.

Andrews University
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What is Biology?

• Biology The study of life (Bio Life logy
  The study of)
• What is life? While philosophers spend a
  lifetime pondering this question, biologists give
  life a fairly pragmatic definition
• Life is defined by the following characteristics
• Organization - Living things are called organisms
• Reproduction
• Reaction to the environment
• Growth and development
• Uses energy (Thermodynamics)

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Biology is aMultidisciplinary Science
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Perspectives on Biology
A mathematicians perspective
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Perspectives on Biology
A biologists perspective
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Biology is the MostInterdisciplinary Science

• Because organisms are made of chemicals
• And chemicals are governed by the laws of physics
• And physics uses mathematics to describe natural
  phenomena
• And mathematics is the most useful tool in the
  world
• Biologists must master chemistry, physics, and
  mathematics to master biology
• Biology is the most interdisciplinary science

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Biology Offers the Greatest Range of Job
Opportunities of all the Sciences

• Aside from teaching, opportunities in biology can
  be shoe-horned into two general categories
• Pure biology - The study of organisms for the
  shear joy of what might be discovered
• Applied biology - Taking what has been discovered
  and using it to create wealth, relieve suffering,
  or for some other benefit

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Each Biology Sub-Discipline Has Applied and Pure
Components
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Places Where Biologists Work

• Research laboratories - NIH, NRL, Argon, Lucent
  Technologies . . .
• Hospitals - Doctors, Pharmacists and other health
  professionals are all applied biologists
• Zoos - Administrators, conservationists, animal
  keepers
• Government agencies - EPA, BLM, Library of
  Congress . . .
• Universities - Researchers, Teachers, Arborists .
  . .
• National Parks and Forests

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More Places Where Biologists Work

• Consulting firms - Industrial hygiene etc.
• Law firms - There is a big demand for lawyers
  trained as biologists
• The Armed Forces - Army Core of Engineers, Fort
  Detrick . . .
• Because Biology is so interdisciplinary, and what
  biologists know is of such importance, there are
  few places where there are not openings for
  biologists.

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