Biology! Bringing Science to Life
Published on 1. January 1991
Book
Hardback
650 pages
978-0-07-050631-2 (ISBN)
Description
This introductory biology text relates biology to issues students confront in their daily lives - health, environmental and societal - and emphasizes the use of critical thinking skills. The text aims to provide students with the latest developments in molecular biology. It encourages students to explore biology using the scientific method by giving them step-by-step experiments that can be performed on their own. Chapter openers provide an interesting, informative introduction to the material, "take home messages" help students to identify important facts and concepts, and chapter summaries give students a visual aid in understanding the chapter content.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
Illustrationssome col.)
Dimensions
Width: 239 mm
Weight
1772 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-050631-2 (9780070506312)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
What is life? - atoms, molecules and life; cells; the dynamic cell; how living things harvest energy; trapping sunlight and building nutrients; cell cycles and life cycles; the patterns of heredity; DNA; the thread of life; how genes work; human genetics; reproduction and development; the human life cycle; origins of life and its diversity; the single-celled kingdom; plants and fungi; animals without backbones; the vertebrates and their relatives; a steady state; circulation; respiration; the immune system; animal nutrition and digestion; salt and water balance and waste removal; how hormones govern body activities; how nerve cells work; senses and the brain; the body in motion; plant form and function; how plants grow; the dynamic plant; the genetic basis for evolution; population patterns.