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John Tyler Bonner

American Educator

Born: May 12, 1920

Animals Biology Development Evolution Natural Understanding

Related authors: Bill Nye Booker T. Washington Horace Mann John W. Gardner Michael Pollan Michael Porter Temple Grandin Timothy Leary

That the role of size has been to some degree neglected in biology may lie in its simplicity. Size may be a property that affects all of life, but it seems pallid compared to the matter which makes up life. Yet size is an aspect of the living that plays a remarkable, overreaching role that affects life's matter in all its aspects. John Tyler Bonner

Life Property Lie Simplicity Matter Degree Living Biology Neglected Has-Been Some Seems Remarkable Makes Been Affects Up Role May Size Which Aspect Aspects Compared Plays

It is hard to explain the huge variety of diatoms - a microorganism that has 100,000 species - in terms of natural selection. John Tyler Bonner

Natural Variety Selection Terms Huge Explain Natural Selection Hard Species

In the seventeenth century, it was held by some that inside a human sperm there was a minute human being - a homunculus - that was planted inside the womb. Development consisted of the miniature homunculus enlarging and passing through birth and on to maturity-just like inflating a balloon. John Tyler Bonner

Human Being Birth Sperm Miniature Inside Minute Some Through Development Like Passing Balloon Womb Human Being Century Held Planted Enlarging

Any object, whether animate or inanimate, will have a size. Airplanes, boats, or musical string instruments vary in size just like animals and plants, and in all cases, their size and their material construction are totally different matters even though they affect one another. John Tyler Bonner

Construction Plants Will Animals Matters Musical String Airplane Though Object Totally Cases Vary Animate Like Instruments Another Material Affect Any Just Different Size Whether Boats Inanimate Even

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