1、现代生物学的发展现代自然科学主要划分为物质科学和生命科学两大类。生命科学研究各种生命活动的现象及其本质,以及生物和环境之间的相互关系。十九世纪初,法国拉马克首先使用“生物学”这一名词。本世纪四十年代出现“生物科学”,标志着生物学发展到一个新阶段。到了五十年代,由于物理学、化学和数学等的广泛而深刻的渗透,以及分子生物学的发展,“生命科学”便 1. Development of Modern Biology Modern natural sciences are mainly divided into two major categories: material science and life science. Life Science Research The phenomena and nature of various life activities, and the interrelationships between biology and the environment. In the early 19th century, Lamarck used the term “biology” first. The emergence of “biological science” in the 1940s marked a new stage in the development of biology. In the 1950s, due to the extensive and profound penetration of physics, chemistry, and mathematics, as well as the development of molecular biology, the “Life Sciences”