Introduction to the Living world Video Lecture - NEET

introduction hi students we start with a
basic question what is biology biology
is a natural science concerned with the
study of life and living organisms
including their structure function
growth origin evolution distribution and
taxonomy biology is a vast subject
containing many subdivisions topics and
disciplines biology is the science of
life forms and living processes the
living world comprises an amazing
diversity of living organisms systematic
and monumental description of life forms
brought in out of necessity detailed
systems of identification nomenclature
and classification in the following
chapters of this unit you will get a
description including classification of
animals and plants from a taxonomist
sper spective the chapters are chapter 1
the living world
chapter 2 biological classification
chapter 3 plant kingdom chapter 4 animal
kingdom
ernst mayr 1904 to 2004 harvard
university evolutionary biologist who
has called the Darwin of the 20th
century was one of the hundred greatest
scientists of all time Mayer joined
Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences
in 1953 and retired in 1975 assuming the
title Alexander Agassiz professor of
zoology emeritus he pioneered the
currently accepted definition of a
biological species Mayer was awarded the
three prizes widely regarded as a triple
crowd of biology the bouncing prize in
1983 the International Prize for biology
in 1994 and the craford Prize in 1999