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fandomhigh2005-09-20 10:38 am
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Biology
*Why no, the science teacher isn't following a set theme. And this should make the students who were complaining about no chemistry much happier.*
Today, we will be discussing the chemicals one would find in a cell. If you would open your notes to page 24. And don't forget to sign the roll sheet--two consecutive absences will earn you detention. I will post lists later on this week.
Reductionism is an assumption that underlies much of contemporary science. The central premise: To understand a complex system, break the system down into its parts. This has been a very successful program for many areas of biology (though not for all). It can, if applied overly dogmatically, lead to an overly mechanical view of the cell. But it is a useful approach, and one that generates an extraordinary volume of research.
* Hierarchic view of life: to understand life fully, need to study it at different levels
* The cell is a chemical machine; its parts and its language are chemical
* Need sophisticated tools to analyze the components: chromatography,electrophoresis, etc.
* Biochemistry is study of these parts
Today, we will be discussing the chemicals one would find in a cell. If you would open your notes to page 24. And don't forget to sign the roll sheet--two consecutive absences will earn you detention. I will post lists later on this week.
Reductionism is an assumption that underlies much of contemporary science. The central premise: To understand a complex system, break the system down into its parts. This has been a very successful program for many areas of biology (though not for all). It can, if applied overly dogmatically, lead to an overly mechanical view of the cell. But it is a useful approach, and one that generates an extraordinary volume of research.
* Hierarchic view of life: to understand life fully, need to study it at different levels
* The cell is a chemical machine; its parts and its language are chemical
* Need sophisticated tools to analyze the components: chromatography,electrophoresis, etc.
* Biochemistry is study of these parts
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He sat down at his desk, his expression that of someone who both hadn't had enough coffee yet that day, and someone who has a word at the tip of their tongue and can't figure out what it was. For now, the need for coffee won out.
[ooc: Buffyverse vamps can smell when people have had sex, even days after the fact. Sara recently slept with someone Angelus knows so he's picking up on it. However I am sick as a dog today, so that's as far as it's going for right now.]
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Okay, *she says slowly. Turning to the class, she begins the lecture*
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