Life: The Science of Biology, 7th Edition

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Hardcover: 1121 pages

Publisher: Sinauer Associates and W. H. Freeman; Seventh Edition edition (December 5, 2003)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0716798565

ISBN-13: 978-0716798569

File Size : 36.7 Mb | File Format : PDF

Book Description 

Authoritative, thorough, and engaging, Life: The Science of Biology achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability, never losing sight of either the science or the student. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them, Life covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative. This approach helps to bring the drama of classic and cutting-edge research to the classroom--but always in the context of reinforcing core ideas and the innovative scientific thinking behind them. Students will experience biology not just as a litany of facts or a highlight reel of experiments, but as a rich, coherent discipline.

About the Author

WILLIAM K. PURVES, Harvey Mudd College, USA - DAVID SADAVA, Claremont Colleges, USA - GORDAN H. ORIANS, University of Washington, USA - CRAIG HELLER, Stanford University, USA

Table of Contents

01. An Evolutionary Framework for Biology
02. Life and Chemistry: Small Molecules
03. Life and Chemistry: Large Molecules
04. Cells: The Basic Units of Life
05. Cellular Membranes
06. Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
07. Cellular Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy
08. Photosynthesis: Energy from the Sun
09. Chromosomes, the Cell Cycle, and Cell Division
10. Genetics: Mendel and Beyond
11. DNA and Its Role in Heredity
12. From DNA to Protein: Genotype to Phenotype
13. The Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes
14. The Eukaryotic Genome and Its Expression
15. Cell Signaling and Communication
16. Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
17. Molecular Biology and Medicine
18. Natural Defenses against Disease
19. Differential Gene Expression
20. Animal Development: From Genes to Organism
21. Development and Evolutionary Change
22. The History of Life on Earth
23. The Mechanisms of Evolution
24. Species and Their Formation
25. Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
26. Molecular and Genomic Evolution
27. Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains
28. Protists and the Dawn of the Eukarya
29. Plants without Seeds: From Sea to Land
30. The Evolution of Seed Plants
31. Fungi: Recyclers, Pathogens, Parasites, and Plant Partners
32. Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans
33. Ecdysozoans: The Molting Animals
34. Deuterostomate Animals
35. The Plant Body
36. Transport in Plants
37. Plant Nutrition
38. Regulation of Plant Growth
39. Reproduction in Flowering Plants
40. Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges
41. Physiology,Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation
42. Animal Hormones
43. Animal Reproduction
44. Neurons and Nervous Systems
45. Sensory Systems
46. The Mammalian Nervous System
47. Effectors: Making Animals Move
48. Gas Exchange in Animals
49. Circulatory Systems
50. Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption
51. Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
52. Animal Behavior
53. Behavioral Ecology
54. Population Ecology
55. Communities and Ecosystems
56. Biogeography
57. Conservation Biology
58. Earth System Science

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