The physical sciences deal with the external world, and in the laboratory we study the structure and activities of organisms by very similar methods; but if we stop here, neglecting the relation of the living being to its environment, our study is not biology or the science of life.


The Foundations of Zoology, Lecture III (p. 54), The Macmillan Company. 1899

William Keith Brooks Quotes

The physical sciences deal with the external world, and in the laboratory we study the structure and activities of organisms by very similar methods; ...

The physical sciences deal with the external world, and in the laboratory we study the structure and activities of organisms by very similar methods; ...

The physical sciences deal with the external world, and in the laboratory we study the structure and activities of organisms by very similar methods; ...

The physical sciences deal with the external world, and in the laboratory we study the structure and activities of organisms by very similar methods; ...