Biology is the study of life.How life has taken its birth on a tiny cosmic object like earth in the vast horizons of universe is being immensely debated? It is apparently a chance occurrence that happened under conducive conditions. Had it been too obvious, every corner of this universe must have been flooded with forms of life. Despite our advanced abilities, earthlings like us could not yet conclusively prove the existence of life beyond earth. Teams are in search of clues to conclusively prove the origin of life on earth. It is like searching for a needle in haystack.
One of the more intriguing parts of biology is not the origin of life alone but how this life had multiplied itself to populate the planet against all odds. First residents of this planet were unicellular organisms. One of the many diversified branches of biology is the path of the evolution of life into multi cellular organisms.Legends like Charles Darwin and Mendel have proved beyond doubt that evolution and variation are the constant processes on this ever changing dynamic earth’s surface. The quantum physicist Schrodinger had taken greater interest in Biology and had written a popular science book called “What is life?”. This little book had greater impact on many people including Watson. Watson was later credited for the discovery of DNA.
Biology has another dominant perspective called sustenance of life. It needs study of life in its present form in greater detail. It helps in understanding the comprehensive makeup of an animal (including human beings) in their present form. How to protect an organism from other predators, viruses and bacteria. Since evolution never stops, there are always new challenges to life in the form of hazardous outbreak of viruses like AIDS, H1A1, Ebola, H1N1, SARS , COVID, etc. Creating preventive means against these viruses and if infected by virus then the methods and therapeutic procedures to cure the victim are one of the primary objectives of Biology.
At Jade Academy, we teach Biology by explaining the fundamentals and interlinking the topics for their application and influence on each other.