Written for his students at Northwestern, Locy tells the history of biology through the people who made it. He starts with Vesalius and the revival of anatomy, then moves to Harvey and the circulation of the blood, the early microscopists such as Malpighi, the founders of the cell theory, embryology and palaeontology, and finally Darwin and the theory of evolution.
A clear, well-illustrated history of the life sciences, still a useful introduction. Download the free EPUB.