Biology

David Krogh's Biology: A Guide to the Natural World leads readers on a memorable journey through the world of biology, using relevant examples, clearly-developed illustrations, and helpful insights that resonate with today's students. Widely-recognized as a book that students enjoy reading, the Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated with new discussions on social concerns and health applications, along with streamlined chapter summaries and expanded review questions. To address different learning styles, the book's clear illustrations and exercises are reinforced with a full suite of instructor resources.Glossary 1. Science as a Way of Learning: A Guide to the Natural World 2. Fundamental Building Blocks: Chemistry, Water, and pH 3. Life's Components: Biological Molecules 4. Life's Home: The Cell 5. Life's Border: The Plasma Membrane 6. Life's Mainspring: An Introduction to Energy 7. Vital Harvest: Deriving Energy from Food 8. The Green World's Gift: Photosynthesis 9. The Links in Life's Chain: Genetics and Cell Division 10. Preparing for Sexual Reproduction: Meiosis 11. The First Geneticist: Mendel and His Discoveries 12. Units of Heredity: Chromosomes and Inheritance 13. Passing On Life's Information: DNA Structure and Replication 14. How Proteins Are Made: Genetic Transcription, Translation, and Regulation 15. The Future Isn't What It Used to Be: Biotechnology 16. An Introduction to Evolution: Charles Darwin, Evolutionary Thought, and the Evidence for Evolution 17. The Means of Evolution: Microevolution 18. The Outcomes of Evolution: Macroevolution 19. A Slow Unfolding: The History of Life on Earth 20. Arriving Late, Traveling Far: The Evolution of Human Beings 21. Viruses, Bacteria, Archaea, and Protists: The Diversity of Life 1 22. Fungi: The Diversity of Life 2 23. Animals: The Diversity of Life 3 24. Plants: The Diversity of Life 4 25. The Angiosperms: Form and Function in Flowering Plants 26: Body Support and Movement: The Integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems 27. Communication and Control 1: The Nervous System 28 Communication and Control 2: The Endocrine System 29. Defending the Body: The Immune System 30. Transport and Exchange 1: Blood and Breath 31. Transport and Exchange 2: Digestion, Nutrition, and Elimination 32. An Amazingly Detailed Script: Animal Development 33. How the Baby Came to Be: Human Reproduction 34. An Interactive Living World 1: Populations in Ecology 35. An Interactive Living World 2: Communities in Ecology