This volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Taking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestock. The life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with US, European, Russian, Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese contexts. The book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science develops. In particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human ends. Without close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as Humboldt and Mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nations.

This volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Taking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestock. The life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with US, European, Russian, Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese contexts. The book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science develops. In particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving – perhaps even recreating – the living world to serve human ends. Without close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as Humboldt and Mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nations.

The Two Roads is scripture based; it is taken from Matthew 7:13-14, it's a story about a rich man and a poor women, although they are very different, they are really the same, because they are longing for something, they come across a divided road where they must choose what path they will take. It tells us through believing that Jesus died for us, through trials, tribulations, daily worshiping, praying, fasting, faithfulness to God, and loving one another, we will have eternal life. Self-righteousness, envy, strife, greed, and through any self righteous act will lead us to destruction and if we keep on this path, it will lead us to eternal destruction, so remember there is always hope for you through your change. The Two Roads also teaches worldly values and lessons. As human beings, we tend to want things and through our wanting and longing for something we tend to make hasty decisions, we don't stop to think, we rush into things, and we don't want to work for what we want, we expect it to be handed to us while we are sitting down. It is only through hard work, dedication, and perseverance you shall reap the fruits of your labor, so what you have to jump over some hurdles, run a marathon, study hard, go through some ruff and depressing times, in the end you will be rewarded. Also remember everything is not what it appears to be Although someone may be rich, or married, has a rewarding job, that doesn't mean their life is gravy for them. Everyone else is going through some things just like you and that goes for the whole world no one is exempt I pray that as you read The Two Roads that you will soak it all in, and learn from the poor woman and the rich man. I pray that you will apply it to your lives and remember that through God anything and everything is possible, put your faith and trust in him. Be Blessed

Although many of the practical and intellectual traditions that make up modern science date back centuries, the category of "science" itself is a relative novelty. In the early eighteenth century, the modern German word that would later mean "science," naturwissenschaft, was not even included in dictionaries. By 1850, however, the term was in use everywhere. "Acolytes of Nature" follows the emergence of this important new category within German-speaking Europe, tracing its rise from an insignificant eighteenth-century neologism to a defining rallying cry of modern German culture. Today's notion of a unified natural science has been deemed an invention of the mid-nineteenth century. Yet what Denise Phillips reveals here is that the idea of naturwissenschaft acquired a prominent place in German public life several decades earlier. Phillips uncovers the evolving outlines of the category of natural science and examines why Germans of varied social station and intellectual commitments came to find this label useful. An expanding education system, an increasingly vibrant consumer culture and urban social life, the early stages of industrialization, and the emergence of a liberal political movement all fundamentally altered the world in which educated Germans lived, and also reshaped the way they classified knowledge.