Biology

ISBN-13: 9780333658604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 528 str.

Julian Sutton

Opis

An introduction to the core concepts of biology, with emphasis on explaining ideas, not cataloguing facts. Starting with an overview on the diversity of life, the text then looks at how organisms can be grouped and named, natural selection, molecular and cell biology, genetics, reproduction, physiology, ecology and biological principles in disease and biotechnology.

Spis treści

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART 1: THE DIVERSITY OF ORGANISMS.- Describing the Diversity of Organisms.- Explaining The Diversity of Organisms: Natural Selection.- PART 2: MOLECULES AND CELLS.- Molecules and Life.- Cell Structure and Function.- Enzymes.- Movement of Molecules.- The Gene at Work.- PART 3: ENERGY.- Energy in Living Systems.- Respiraton.- Photosynthesis.- PART 4: GENES AND LIFE CYCLES.- Cell Division, Variation and Life Cycles.- The Gene as the Unit of Inheritance.- Reproduction in Animal Life Cycles.- Reproduction in Plant Life Cycles.- PART 5: THE WORKING ORGANISM.- Homeostasis.- Cell Communication: Chemicals.- Cell Communication: Nerves.- Plant, Soil and Atmosphere.- Transport in Animals.- Gas Exchange in Animals.- Heterotrophic Nutrition.- Excretion and Osmoregulation in Animals.- Defence.- Support and Movement.- Development and Growth.- PART 6: ORGANISMS IN CONTEXT.- Population Ecology.- Community Ecology.- The Ecology of Ecosystems.- Behaviour.- PART 7: APPLIED TOPICS.- Disease.- Biotechnology.

O autorze

JULIAN SUTTON teaches Biology at Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Devon. He trained at Pembroke College, Oxford, and Liverpool University. His PhD research was in the field of plant population ecology.

Blurb

'An impressive piece of work.' - Jon Turney, University College London
'It is lively, stimulating and commendably broad in its coverage.' - John Hanks, former Chief Examiner, A level Biology

'The major advantage that this publication offers over competitors lies in its everyday almost simple language and style. This is what makes it significantly different, with excellent analogies making theoretical ideas and concepts understandable to the taget audience...the author's explanations are clear and his questioning approach stimulates the reader and aids the realisation that much is left to be discovered and elucidated in biology.' - Kevin Edwardson, Science Coordinator, Sheffield College

This authoritative new text sets out to show that the important ideas in biology are exciting and relevant to everyday experience. Written in a clear and lively style, the book's emphasis is on explaining ideas, and on stressing the deep connections between different areas of biology.

Designed to be student- and teacher-friendly, the book features:
* connection boxes to enable students to locate useful background information
* chapter summaries
* on-page glossary of highlighted key terms
* exercises with answers
* information boxes detailing applications discussed in the text
* annotaded further reading lists
* figures and photographs illlustrating concepts referred to in the text

Biology is for you if you are:
* an undergraduate on a Foundation-level course in science
* a student on an Access course in Science
* a non-specialist for whom biology is a subsidiary subject
* open minded, fun-loving and like to get straight to the heart of the matter