Biological Methods

The methods to tackle problems in the field of biology work almost on the same principles as in any other field of science. Biologists work out the topics and recognize them as problems to be solved. Scientists make keen observations and collect the facts already reported by others. On the basis of these facts, a scientist formulates a tentative statement, called hypothesis. This hypothesis is used of guide further observations and experimentation. This part of the scientific method involves inductive reasoning. In this, a scientist uses isolated facts to reach a general idea that explains a phenomenon. For example, Robert Hooke observed, a thin slice of cork being composed of units, which he called Cells. This led of further observations and experimentation on plant animal material, by M.J Schleiden and T.Schwann, who proposed the cell theory, stating that all forms of life are up of cells.