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Peter Debye derives the T-cubed law for the low temperature heat capacity of a nonmetallic solid.; Casimir Funk introduces the concept of vitamins. [2]J. J. Thomson finds the first evidence for multiple isotopes of a stable (non-radioactive) element as part of his exploration into the composition of canal rays (positive ions).
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The history of biology traces the study of the living world from ancient to modern times. Although the concept of biology as a single coherent field arose in the 19th century, the biological sciences emerged from traditions of medicine and natural history reaching back to Ayurveda, ancient Egyptian medicine and the works of Aristotle, Theophrastus and Galen in the ancient Greco-Roman world.
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Ralph W. Dexter (April 7, 1912 in Gloucester, Massachusetts – October 29, 1991) [1] was a professor of Biology at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. He published over 300 articles on the ecology of marine communities, including crustaceans, [2] mollusks, insects, and birds. [3] He also published many articles on the history of early ...
"Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution": Logo from the Second International Eugenics Congress, 1921. Three International Eugenics Congresses took place between 1912 and 1932 and were the global venue for scientists, politicians, and social leaders to plan and discuss the application of programs to improve human heredity in the early twentieth century.
Gabriel Ward Lasker (April 29, 1912 – August 27, 2002) was a British-born American biological anthropologist. [1] He taught anatomy at Wayne State University School of Medicine for 36 years and served as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Human Biology for 35 years. [2] He was a Fulbright Scholar in Peru in 1957–58.