Map of Biology

Biology is the subject that studies life in all its forms, from the simple cell through to all the animals that inhabit the planet. In this map I lay out the subject of biology and how all of the sub-disciplines are related to each other: microbiology, genetics, bioengineering, anatomy, physiology, medicine, neuroscience, ecology, zoology to name but a few.

Biology spans the scales, from biophysics and biochemistry studying the basic elements of life, to the study of whole ecosystems and the environment. If there is one word that describes biology, it is complexity. There is a huge amount we still don’t understand about how life works, how it started and how it ended up with us.

#biology #DomainOfScience



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[Horny_Fruit_Flies]

As someone obsessed with biology, I'm pretty disappointed that the Map of Biology received the least views of all the sciences :'(

[amanassali]

Topics listed in the order mentioned in video.
1. Cellular Biology
2. Molecular Biology
3. Structural Biology
4. Biochemistry
5. Biophysics
6. Quantum Biology
7. Genetics
- Population Genetics
8. Bioinformatics
9. Biomathematics
10. Developmental Biology
11. Anatomy
12. Biomechanics
13. Physiology
14. Immunology
15. Biomedical Research
16. Bioengineering
17. Biotechnology
18. Synthetic Biology
19. Neuroscience
20. Pharmacology
21. Pathology
22. Epidemiology
23. Paleontology
24. Evolutionary Biology
25. Zoology
26. Marine Biology
27. Botany
28. Ecology
29. Environmental Biology
30. Astrobiology

[QuarianAdmiral]

I've been waiting forever for this one. Although I'm biased by being a biochemist myself, he did an amazing job at bringing all the branches together in a smooth, non-confusing way! I would like to see a map of medicine or linguistics in the future.

[laynesbeenker]

The Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

[axvle]

3:01 - Hey, it's the Kurzgesagt duck! :)

[Julio]

Love the Kurzgesagt reference at 3:02
Can you do the map of astronomy next?

[snullehey]

this is helping me understand what parts of biology i like, and therefore helping me choose my education! thank you for a very informational video

[lobstervortex]

Map of Psychology would be cool. Nice video anyways!

[someghostinthewild]

Awesome job with this maps (And all the others too) :) Which will be the next map?
Map of Philosophy
Map of Engineering
Map of Psychology

[tobiasch]

I love these Maps so much, they are pure gold!
Philosophy I imagine is very tough to make but would be extremly awesome too

[dobkayaker]

These videos are good but I have two minor criticisms of this one:

1. Structural biology is concerned with the structure of large macromolecules. Amino acids are all small molecules so they fall more under the purview of biochemistry. Your description is almost verbatim one of the sentences from the opening paragraph of the Wikipedia page on structural biology, but I don't think that's correct.

2. Biomedical engineering is the field that makes artificial organs and other medical devices. Biotechnology uses living organisms or their products for our purposes. Synthetic biology creates synthetic organisms and is closely related to biotechnology, but the latter two fields aren't closely related to the first.

[sethapex]

You mentioned that bioinformatics is the field that uses computers to analyze genetic data when statistical methods aren't enough, but when statistical methods are enough, that is a field called quantitative genetics. And using it we can often tell whether a trait is genetic without having to know which specific genes are involved. It can also help give candidates for molecular genetic study to find the genes relating to those traits.

[suchitarastogi]

I love your maps, they are fantastic!  Thank you for putting them together, they are super helpful.  One nitpick - what about Microbiology?  This is a VERY important subject, given that unicellular microorganisms vastly outnumber the multicellular organisms most people are familiar with.  Of course, I may be biased, since I am a microbiologist...anyway, keep up the great work!  I am blown away by the breadth of your knowledge, and have learned a ton about scientific fields I am less familiar with through your work.

[betomoya]

I love your maps and that kurzgesagt reference ;)

[williambaumler]

Thank you for all the effort you put into your great content! I love these videos and show them to many people.

I know it’s impossible to fit every component of a field into these maps, but as someone who loves biogeography I think it’s the most major thing you missed. How species move and separate in the physical environment, and how those processes affect their evolutionary development was critical for uncovering the concept of evolution and it’s a huge field in its own right. Thanks again for all your hard work.

[patty]

I absolutely love these maps <3 I would absolutely love a map of earth science with geology, geophysics and geochemistry etc. <3 I am going to be a math and science teacher (biology/chemistry/physics) in a couple of years, but i also have a background of studying geology. These maps really help me alot in my planning :)

[anamulhaquejasim]

Your "Map videos" are extremely wonderful. You should continue this series/playlist with other various topic.❤️💙

[vaughanvalentine]

Love that map you have used in your epidemiology section appears to be a based on the board game Pandemic (was this a clever reference or just a coincidence?)

[BadPC]

This series is always great. I Love every field of science ❤

[ivarangquist]

Can you do a "Map of arts" with diffrent artforms like music, painting and writing. It would be a great addition to this series!