The Rise of Experimental Biology: An Illustrated History

Introduction: Science is ImprobableThe BeginningsMyth and MagicMesopotamiaEgyptEarly Greek ScienceThe MilesiansThe Post-MilesiansThe Soul. SummaryThe Age of Plato and AristotlePlato and TheoryAristotle and ObservationThe Alexandrian Period: The Age of the Experiment and the TextbookThe Roman PeriodCelsusPlinyGalenThe Dark Ages.Islamic ScienceScholasticism and ScienceThe Renaissance: The Birth of ScienceThe Renaissance: The Birth of Experimental BiologyThe New PhysiologyIatrochemistryIatrophysicsNew Technology, New PhysiologyThe New World of the Very SmallVital AirReaction and OppositionThe Enlightenment and Rational BiologyRational BiologyThe Emergence of PhysiologyTransition to the 19th Century: Popular Science, Eccentric Science, and Romantic PhysiologyHunter and Spallanzani: The Last Great All-RoundersThe Science Museum: Collecting and DisplayingRomantic PhysiologyThe Consolidation of Experimental BiologyRespirationMetabolic ChemistryInternal SecretionsRenal PhysiologyDigestionBenefitsNew FieldsEvolution and PhysiologyPhysiology AbusedGullabilityReckless InterventionEvolutionary Genetics and Social RepressionTodayWhat is Science?Biology Today