study of living things
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Neiffer said he has always been interested in biology, the study of living things.
From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2014
Network theory Tree and leaf Feb 11th 2010 From The Economist print edition The study of living things may shed light on urban planning.
From Economist • Feb. 11, 2010
Note that though they called themselves 196physiologists they meant by physiology something very different from the mere physical and chemical study of living things.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Biology is simply the study of living things; and living nature has been studied as long as mankind has studied anything.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)
One of the plainest points connected with the study of living things is the power we apparently possess of separating animals from plants.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various
