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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.

James George Needham

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

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:

A guide to the study of fresh-water biology (1927)
Introducing Insects: A Book for Beginners (1940)
Leaf-mining Insects (1928)
Neotropical Mayflies (1924)

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