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9789332578562 |
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| Language |
English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Edition number |
23 |
| Classification number |
570 |
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KRO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Krogh, David. |
| 240 ## - UNIFORM TITLE |
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<a href="Biology: A Guide to the Natural World">Biology: A Guide to the Natural World</a> |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Biology: |
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A Guide to the Natural World / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
David Krogh. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
5th ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
India : |
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Pearson India Education Service Pvt Ltd, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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xi, 807 p. : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Contents |
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 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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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. Accessible writing style acts as a helpful companion that guides non-majors students through the subject of biology by placing unfamiliar biology topics in context with everyday life. The Process of Science essays present scientific research and discovery with contemporary and historical topics of interest to students. Strong Illustration Program guides students through structures and processes with clear three-dimensional detail; key information from the text is reinforced in the illustrations. “So Far” Questions interspersed throughout each chapter give students a moment to reflect on what they have been reading and check understanding. Instructor Resource DVD-ROM gives instructors access to all of their resources in one place, includes animations, an image bank containing every illustration and most of the photos from the text, PowerPoint lecture and art slides, the Test Bank, Instructor’s Guide, Bio Flix animations and Discovery Channel videos. |
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Ecology |
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Reproduction |
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Plasma |
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Macroevolution |
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Genetics |
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Evolution |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Text Books |
