How biology works The facts visually explained
Book - 2023
"Discover everything you need to know about biology, with the simplest most visual guide to the science of life. How do vaccines work? What is special about stem cells? How did we evolve from bacteria? The science of life can be dauntingly complex, and it can be hard to separate ?good? science from ?bad?, fundamental truths from the much-hyped breakthroughs reported in the media. With clear, easy-to-understand graphics and packed with fascinating facts, How Biology Works demystifies both the core biology that may have eluded us at school, and the cutting-edge life science that makes the news, answering the questions that spark our curiosity." -- Amazon.
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- Published
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New York, NY :
DK Publishing
2023
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First American edition
- Item Description
- Cover title.
- Physical Description
- 223 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9780744080742
- What is Life?
- Features of life
- Homeostasis
- Kingdoms of life
- Viruses
- The biosphere
- Nutrient cycles
- Life in extreme environments
- Origins of life
- Life on other planets
- The Chemistry of Life
- Metabolism
- Catbohydrates
- Lapids
- Nucleic acids
- Proteins
- Enzymes
- Structural materials
- Micronutrients
- Photosynthesis
- Respiration
- How Cells Work
- Studying cells
- Parts of the cell
- The cell membrane
- The nucleus
- Energy factories
- Cytoskeleton and vacuoles
- Cell transport
- Cell motion
- Cell division
- Nerve cells
- Muscle cells
- Blood cells
- Tissues to organisms
- Reproduction and Genetics
- Asexual reproduction
- Meiosis
- Sexual reproduction
- Modes of animal reproduction
- Stem cells
- Reading genes
- Genomes
- Inheritance
- Mutations
- Sex chromosomes
- Hermaphrodites
- Evolution
- Adaptation and natural selection
- Speciation
- Sexual selection
- Coevolution
- Microevolution
- Extinction
- Mass extinctions
- The Tree of Life
- How living things and classified
- Prokaryotes
- Eukaryotes
- Protists
- Fungi
- Algae
- Plants
- Invertebrates
- Vertebrates
- How Plants Work
- Seeds
- Roots
- Plant stems
- Leaves
- Transport in plants
- Flowers
- Fruits
- How Animals Work
- Support and movement
- Breathing
- Circulatory systems
- Digestive systems
- Brains and nervous systems
- Vision
- Hearing
- Sensing chemicals
- Touch
- Special sensors
- Threat responses
- Defense against disease
- Ecology
- Ecosystems
- Biomes
- Food webs
- Breeding strategies
- Social living
- Ecological damage
- Biotechnology
- Selective breeding
- Making food
- Making medicine
- Vaccines
- DNA testing
- Genetic engineering
- Gene therapy
- Cloning
- Anti-aging
- Body repair
- Synthetic biology
- Index
- Acknowledgmetns