This book discusses the basic foundations of theoretical biology. Contrary to the objects of theoretical physics, the biological object contains a kind of ontological duality and refers to a fundamental wholeness of a living system. The rational interpretation of wholeness is considered by the author as a true basis for fundamental principles of development of theoretical biology and for understanding its link to physics, to psychology, and to semiotics. The rational holistic approach in application to theoretical biology can be substantiated through the clarification of internal logic of...

This book describes Earth's history and development of human civilization as seen from the region of Central Russia where the author lived during his childhood and where he started to study natural history and botany. In the addendum the author writes about the time of his childhood and presents two botanical papers prepared when he was 13-14 years old.