Well what does it mean to say that Biology is applied Chemistry? To me it says 2 things. 1 - That there is no 'new' knowledge in biology. 2 - The important aspe

Well what does it mean to say that Biology is applied Chemistry? To me it says 2 things. 1 - That there is no 'new' knowledge in biology. 2 - The important aspects of biology can be reduced easily to applied chemistry. Evolution contradicts this, because it is a genuinely new idea. Some may say it is the ONLY new idea in biology, but that's good enough. It's often quoted here that "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." You could extend this to "Biological science is no more about chemistry..."