Those of you who are CS people who are trying to stretch this paper into more significant than it is: please go and read all the first-year biology textbooks before speculating.
This can't all be relevant??
Table of Contents
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Unit 1 The Nature of Life
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1. The Science of Biology
2. The Chemistry of Life
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Unit 2 Ecology
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3. The Biosphere
4. Ecosystems and Communities
5. Populations
6. Humans in the Biosphere
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Unit 3 Cells
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7. Cell Structure and Function
8. Photosynthesis
9. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
10. Cell Growth and Division
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Unit 4 Genetics
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11. Introduction to Genetics
12. DNA
13. RNA and Protein Synthesis
14. Human Heredity
15. Genetic Engineering
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Unit 5 Evolution
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16. Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
17. Evolution of Populations
18. Classification
19. History of Life
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Unit 6 From Microorganisms to Plants
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20. Viruses and Prokaryotes
21. “Protists” and Fungi
22. Introduction to Plants
23. Plant Structure and Function
24. Plant Reproduction and Response
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Unit 7 Animals
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25. Introduction to Animals
26. Animal Evolution and Diversity
27. Animal Systems I
28. Animal Systems II
29. Animal Behavior
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Unit 8 The Human Body
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30. Digestive and Excretory Systems
31. Nervous System
32. Skeletal, Muscular, and Integumentary Systems
33. Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
34. Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
35. Immune System and Disease
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Diversity of Life: A Visual Guide
Like many before you, you appear to assume Hacker equates to the C in CS.
I too cannot ~"readily consume" it, but I now have a few more tabs open in my browser from which I will learn a lot.
[1] in the original meaning of the word
On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.