Exam Preparation

This dictionary covers classical disciplines (botany, zoology, bacteriology, mineralogy, paleontology, etc.), while focusing particularly on concepts, strategies, and methodologies.

This easy to use book, with an innovative and interactive media program, emphasizes concepts without sacrificing scientific accuracy. The new MediaTutor, found at the end of each chapter, integrates the book and media by providing a brief description of the CD or WEB activity and the time requirement for completion. Major topics include The Life Of A Cell, Patterns Of Inheritance, Evolution, Plant Anatomy And Physiology; Animal Anatomy And Physiology; Ecology.

Describes the nature and implications of Darwinian evolution.

Based largely on Darwin's experience as a naturalist while on a five-year voyage aboard H.M.S. Beagle, The Origin of Species set forth a theory of evolution and natural selection that challenged contemporary beliefs about divine providence and the immutability of species.

The Ancestor's Tale takes us from our immediate human ancestors back through what Dawkins calls ‘concestors,’ (those shared with the apes, monkeys, other mammals, and other vertebrates) and beyond to the microbial beginnings of life some 4 billion years ago.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Biology follows a standard biology course curriculum that begins with life, cells, and molecular structure and ends with evolution, ecosystems, and ecology.