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The Life Sciences Recent Progress and Application to Human Affairs The World of Biological Research Requirements for the Future (1970)
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. "Chapter 6: Education in Biology." The Life Sciences Recent Progress and Application to Human Affairs The World of Biological Research Requirements for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1970.

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Front Matter (R1-R10)
Contents (R11-R20)
Major Conclusions and Recommendations (1-31)
Chapter 1: Frontiers of Biology (32-35)
The Language of Life (36-51)
The Life and Times of a Cell (52-70)
Development of an Organism (71-79)
Form and Function (80-91)
The Nervous System (92-108)
Behavior (109-114)
Ecology (115-121)
The Origin of Life (122-125)
Heredity and Evolution (126-132)
The Diversity of Life (133-141)
Chapter 2: Biology in the Service of Man- Biological Research and Medical Practice (142-176)
On Feeding Man (177-187)
Man and His Environment (188-194)
Renewable Resources (195-209)
Industrial Technology (210-219)
Chapter 3: The World of Biological Research (220-222)
Where Life Scientists Work (223-228)
Mobility of Life Scientists (229-229)
Previous Education of Working Life Scientists (230-238)
Postdoctoral Training (239-244)
Educational Limitations (245-245)
With What Materials Do Life Scientists Work? (245-247)
With What Species Do Life Scientists Work? (248-251)
What Facilities and Tools Do Life Scientists Use? (252-256)
The Research Group (257-260)
What Do Life Scientists Do? (261-263)
Financial Support of Research in the Life Sciences (264-274)
Research Institutes (275-275)
Natural History Museums (275-275)
Biological Disciplines (276-277)
Chapter 4: The Academic Endeavor in the Life Sciences (278-278)
Academic Departments (279-305)
Medical Schools as Research and Educational Enterprises (306-313)
Agricultural Schools as Research and Educational Enterprises (314-315)
Financing Academic Research in Life Sciences (316-331)
Chapter 5: Requirements for the Future of the Academic Endeavor in the Life Sciences (332-332)
Individual Scientists (333-339)
Department Chairmen (340-350)
National Considerations (351-356)
Chapter 6: Education in Biology (357-359)
Elementary and Secondary Education (360-363)
University Education (364-384)
Chapter 7: Digital Computers in the Life Sciences (385-385)
General Facts about Computer Usage (385-387)
The State of Computer Application in the Life Sciences (388-401)
Conclusions and Recommedations (402-404)
Chapter 8: Communication in the Life Sciences (405-406)
Special Problems in Handling Biological Information (407-407)
Users of Biological Information (408-408)
Informal Information Transfer (408-410)
Primary Publication (411-418)
Review Articles and Data Compliation (419-422)
Secondary Information Services (423-423)
Specialized Information Center (424-424)
Libraries (425-425)
Looking Forward (426-426)
Chapter 9: Biology and the Future of Man- The Nature of Man (427-427)
The Great Hazards (428-451)
The Opportunities (452-470)
Methodology: Survey of Individual Life Scientists (471-499)
Methodology: Survey of Academic Life Science Departments (500-519)
Panels and Contributors (520-526)