A Commonplace Book

Category: zoology...

  • zoology had its origins in ancient Greece and Rome, in the works of Hippocrates, Aristotle, and Pliny
  • the word zoo is from Greek zoion "animal" and zoology joins botany as the two major disciplines of biology
  • the formal study of many fields of zoology began in the 15th-16th centuries when Leonardo da Vinci and then Greek physician Andreas Vesalius demonstrated that the internal anatomy of humans and other vertebrates was similar
  • the most dramatic development in zoology was the publication of "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin
  • This isn't like naming your dog Spot. (R. Melville on scientific Latin names for plants and animals)
  • History is the zoology of the human race. (F. Grillparzer)
  • The institution of zoology training in British universities was mainly established by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • According to the theory of aerodynamics, as may be readily demonstrated through wind tunnel experiments, the bumblebee is unable to fly. This is because the size, weight and shape of his body in relation to the total wingspread make flying impossible. But the bumblebee, being ignorant of these scientific truths, goes ahead and flies anyway—and makes a little honey every day. (General Motors sign)

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