1. Introduction: historical events, luck, prejudices, personalities, patents, publications
2. The position of biology in the sciences and its conceptual structure
3. Diversity and its inheritance
4. The nature of heredity
5. History of the study of evolution
6. History of molecular biology, biotechnology, and genomic modifications
7. Breakthroughs in Immunology
8. History of the extraction of biomolecules
9. History of biomolecule sequencing techniques and bioinformatics
As part of the course, educational visits to research centers and other institutions will be
organized that will enrich the content of the course with the history of Biology within
Greece. Possible visits: AUA Museum of Agriculture, Benaki Phytopathological Institute,
Goulandris Museum of Natural History, Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander
Fleming, Pasteur Institute, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos", National
Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens University History Museum, Biomedical Research
Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research.
THE HISTORY OF MODERN SCIENCE An overview
PETER J. BOWLER MORUS IWAN RHYS (Translation: Varvara Spyropoulou)
Code in Eudoxos: 32998378
History of Biology
Michel Morange (Translation: Laokratia Lakka)
Code in Eudoxos: 68406480
-Relevant scientific journals:
Journal of the History of Biology
https://www.springer.com/journal/1073
