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• ISBN: 0060891351
• ISBN: 9780060891350
• Physical Description: 218 pages : color illustrations pb. ; 23 cm.
• Edition: First edition
• Publisher: New York : Collins, [2007]
• Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Welcome to Biology 1 -- Chapter 1 Mystery of Life 5 -- What is Life? 6 -- A Tendency Toward Order 8 -- Constant Change 10 -- Using Energy 12 -- Structures That Work 14 -- Chapter 2 From Microscopes to Cat Scans 17 -- Doing Science 18 -- What Have Biologists Done for Us? 20 -- Getting the Job Done 22 -- In the Field 24 -- Microscopic World 26 -- Many Sides of Life 28 -- Chapter 3 Centuries of Scrutiny 31 -- Biologists of the Ancient World 32 -- Scientific Revolution 34 -- A New View of Life 36 -- Basics of Life 38 -- Medicine Reborn 40 -- Unlocking the Gene 42 -- Explosion of Knowledge 44 -- Chapter 4 Building Blocks of Life 47 -- What Makes a Cell? 48 -- Inside a Cell 50 -- Guarding the Gates 52 -- Workings of Cells 54 -- Magic of Self-Copying 56 -- Chapter 5 A Complex Architecture 59 -- From Cells to Bodies 60 -- Skins and Skeletons 62 -- Nerves and Muscles 64 -- Channels for Air and Blood 66 -- A Place for Food 68 -- Chemical Messengers 70 -- Where the Future Begins 72 -- Chapter 6 Breathing and Eating 75 -- Solar-Powered Organisms 76 -- Obtaining Oxygen 78 -- Processing Food 80 -- To Every Corner of the Body 82 -- Maintaining Order 84 -- Fighting Invasion 86 -- Sensation and Motion 88 -- Next Generation 90 -- Ready Reference -- Famous Biologists 92 -- Discoveries in Biology 94 -- Life Through Time 98 -- Biomes of the World 100 -- Kingdoms of Life 102 -- From Cells to Organisms 104 -- Chapter 7 Community of Life 107 -- Complex Interactions 108 -- A World of Biomes 110 -- Who Eats Whom? 112 -- Unending Cycles 114 -- A Role for Every Player 116 -- Partners in Survival 118 -- Human Footprint 120 -- Chapter 8 Evolving Tapestry 123 -- Inheritance: Material of Evolution 124 -- Evolution Toolkit 126 -- Evolution-The Evidence 128 -- Mass Extinctions 130 -- How Life Began 132 -- From Sea to Land 134 -- Age of Dinosaurs 136 -- A New Kind of Mammal 138 -- Chapter 9 What's in a Name? 141 -- Systems of Order 142 -- Categories of Life 144 -- Family Tree of Organisms 146 -- Oldest Living Things 148 -- One-Celled Wonders 150 -- Mushrooms and Mold 152 -- Chapter 10 Plants and Animals 155 -- Alike Yet Different 156 -- Kingdom of Plants 158 -- Kingdom of Animals 160 -- Mosses and Evergreens 162 -- Flowers and Fruits 164 -- Animals Without Backbones 166 -- Backboned Animals 168 -- A Circle of Dependence 170 -- Chapter 11 Human Animal 173 -- What Makes Us Human? 174 -- From Conception to Death 176 -- An Unusual Body Plan 178 -- How a Human Works: Human Physiology 180 -- How Humans Behave 182 -- Plagues Abounding 184 -- Are We Our Genes? 186 -- Chapter 12 A Breaking Science 189 -- Medical Miracles 190 -- Mind and the Brain 192 -- Genomes Unveiled 194 -- Brave New World 196 -- Penetrating the Wild 198 -- A Host of Discoveries 200 -- A Sea of Controversy 202.

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