Question

Who is the author of the book ‘Gait of animals’?
A. Leeuwenhoek
B. Aristotle
C. Socrates
D. Swaminathan

Answer 1

Hint: The person was a Greek philosopher and regarded as a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy. He was also a famous scientist and for his contributions in the field of zoology he is also called ‘Father of Zoology’.

Complete answer:
The book titled ‘Gait of Animals’ is a text written by Aristotle in which he provided details of gait and movement in various species of animals present on the earth. In this book, Aristotle has tried to answer some important questions about the features and behaviors of animals. The answered questions are like –

Why are some animals footless while others are bipeds or quadrupeds?
Why all have an even number of feet if they have feet at all?

By giving appropriate examples he has explained many such questions about animals in a good and informative way and has brought the teleological presumptions to empirical studies. Aristotle was a philosopher, a synthesist, an educator, a polymath, and also a founder. He had a significant and lasting impact on various fields of scientific studies including the subjects’ physics, biology, and astronomy to logic, ethics, politics, and metaphysics. In the Western scientific taxonomy, he was the first person who classified all living things, and it is interesting to note that some of his groups are still used in modern classification systems. In the field of medicine, the theory of Greek Medicine was considered Aristotle’s most important contribution.

So, the correct answer is ‘Aristotle’.

Note: Leeuwenhoek is regarded as the “Father of microbiology” and he is famous for his works in the field of microscopy that made the study of microorganisms easier while Socrates is a well-known philosopher in the Western systems of logic and philosophy. Swaminathan is an Indian economist and writes the articles related to his fields in Economic Times and The Times of India while serving as a chief consulting editor for the Economic Times.