Life

by Algernon Charles Swinburne

Overview

Here is a guide to the fascinating diversity of life. Light-and electron-microscope images and photographs of 3-D models, experiments, and natural history reveal the ideas and discoveries that have changed our view of the living world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781622361571
Publisher:	Greatest Books Publisher
Publication date:	03/31/2012
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

	What is life?	6
	The carbon key	8
	Life's building blocks	10
	Single-celled life	12
	Cells and organisms	14
	Photosynthesis	16
	Respiration	18
	Getting supplies	20
	Getting around	22
	Sensing the world	24
	Keeping a balance	26
	Attack and defense	28
	Growth and development	30
	Asexual reproduction	32
	DNA--the essence of life	34
	How DNA works	36
	Sexual reproduction	38
	Heredity	40
	Evolution	42
	Interactions within species	44
	Interactions between species	46
	Classifying living things	48
	Kingdoms of life	50
	Plants and animals	52
	How did life begin?	54
	Increasing complexity	56
	The edge of life	58
	Genetic engineering	60
	Life beyond Earth?	62
	Index	64