Biology: Difference between revisions

'''Biology''' (from [[Greek Language|Greek]] βιολογίαβιολογος - βίος, ''bios'', "[[life]]"; -λογίαλογος, ''[[-logy|-logos]], study of'') is the [[science]] that studies living [[organism]]s. Prior to the nineteenth century, biology came under the general study of all natural objects called [[natural history]]. The term ''biology'' was first coined by [[Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus]].{{Fact|date=June 2009}} It is now a standard subject of instruction at schools and universities around the world, and over a million papers are published annually in a wide array of biology and medicine [[Academic journal|journals]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biology: A Functional Approach|author=King, TJ & Roberts, MBV|publisher=Thomas Nelson and Sons|date=1986|isbn=978-0174480358|oclc=20717292}}</ref>