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I started collecting biological knowledge for the first time in 2009. I began gathering interesting biological knowledge that I acquired while reading books because I didn’t want to lose it. As I continued, I encountered similar information from different sources. Some information was incorrect, while some was the same. There were also cases where one piece of information was a subset of another. The more I organized the pile of knowledge, the more I encountered these situations. If the categories were poorly organized, information from different sources would cause trouble. That’s when I realized the importance of categories. I continued to refine and improve the categories, and they gradually took their current form. Now, even with a flood of new information, the categories are securely maintained. I believe that these mature categories are related to the collective human intellectual process of dealing with biology. Currently, we understand biology in the order of molecules → cells → tissues → organs → populations → communities → ecosystems → evolution, and we accept the emergence of phenomena that were not predicted in the previous stage when transitioning to the next stage as a principle. In addition, I think that the categories set at each stage are a universally valid sequence necessary for us to understand the concept. I think that what we call knowledge and truth is like a bundle of thread, and if you follow just one thread, you can reach the abyss. I hope that the biological categories I have created from fragmentary biological knowledge gathered from various sources have reached the abyss of the collective human intellect.
This biology series consists of six volumes in total. The first volume provides a foundational understanding of the cell, the most basic unit of biology. The second volume delves into molecular biology, focusing on molecules—the initial stage of biological emergence based on cellular processes. The third volume explores microbiology, examining organisms composed of one or a few cells. The fourth volume addresses human physiology, investigating the complex physiological mechanisms that occur within organisms composed of vast networks of cells, with a particular emphasis on the human body. The fifth volume bridges evolutionary theory and the sociobiological complexity that arises from individual interactions, presenting a broader view of collective biological behavior. Finally, the sixth volume introduces experimental methodologies to explore how new biological knowledge is generated, particularly in areas that remain unresolved or are currently under investigation.
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