History of Biology

John B. Tant (jtant@exis.net)
Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:44:05 -0400

Howdy folks,
I know this may be somewhat off topic, but I'd like to ask a
quick question which probably won't spur a lot of debate. <grin!>

Can someone recommend a good text relating to the history of
science, biology in particular? I'm going to be teaching a high
school biology course next school term, and I'm thinking that it
might be an interesting approach to try to "tell a story" during
the course of the year and to try to hang the content loosely on
that structure. I'm thinking that I could show the relationships
between the various sub-disciplines in biology and how they have
developed. Most of my students seem to be more interested in the
people and their stories. I'm thinking that if I can do the biology
course that way, it might help them to relate to the content better.

Thanks,

jbt