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What is Life? A Guide to Biology with Physiology

by Jay Phelan

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What is Life? A Guide to Biology with Physiology

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ISBN-10: 1-4292-4666-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-4666-8
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1. Scientific Thinking: Your best pathway to understanding the world
2. Chemistry: The nature of matter
3. Cells: The smallest part of you
4. Energy: The sun to you in just two steps
5. DNA and Biotechnology: What is the code and how is it harnessed?
6. Chromosomes and Cell Division: The chemicals of continuity
7. Mendelian Inheritance: How are traits inherited?
8. Evolution and Natural Selection: Darwin’s dangerous idea
9. Evolution and Animal Behavior: Communication, cooperation, and conflict in the animal world
10. The History of Life: Understanding biodiversity
11. Animal Diversification: Where did all the animals come from?
12. Plant and Fungi Diversification: Where did all the plants and fungi come from?
13. Evolution and Diversity among the Microbes: Bacteria and arachaea--life unseen
14. Population Ecology: Patterns of population growth
15. Communities and Ecosystems: Organisms and their environment
16. Conservation and Biodiversity: Human influences on the environment
17. Plant Structure and Nutrient Transport: How they function and why we need them
18. Growth and Reproduction in Plants: Problem-solving with flowers and wood
19. Plants and Environments: Regulating and defending while rooted in the ground
20. Unifying Concepts in Physiology
21. Circulation and Respiration: Transporting fuel, food and gases in, out and around the body
22. Nutrition and Digestion: At rest and at play: optimizing human physiological functioning
23. Neurons and Neurotransmitters: Actions, reactions, feelings and addictions: meet your brain
24. Hormones: Mood, emotions, growth and more: hormones as master regulators
25. Reproduction and Development: From two parents to one baby to one adult
26. Immunity and Health: How the body defends and maintains itself

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