The great ideas of biology

Presenter: Paul Nurse

Published: April 2010

Age: 14-19 and upwards

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Type: Lectures

Source/institution: Royal Society

Three of the ideas of biology are the gene theory, the theory of evolution by natural selection and the proposal that the cell is the fundamental unit of all life. A fourth idea is that the organization of chemistry within the cell provides explanations for life’s phenomena.