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It is a monstrous abuse of the science of biology to teach it only in the laboratory.... Life belongs in the fields, in the ponds, on the mountains and by the seashore.

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To the scientific mind the living and the non-living form one continuous series of systems of differing degrees of complexity., while to the philosophic mind the whole universe, itself perhaps an organism, is composed of a vast number of interlacing organisms of all sizes.

James George Needham

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James George Needham

James George Needham

Born: March 16, 1868
Died: May 10, 1957 (aged 89)
Bio: James George Needham was an American entomologist
Known for:
  1. A guide to the study of fresh-water biology (1927)
  2. Introducing Insects: A Book for Beginners (1940)
  3. Leaf-mining Insects (1928)
  4. Neotropical Mayflies (1924)

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