Author Description

[The book] is arranged in a traditional manner. It begins with a discussion of the meaning, purpose, and future of biology as a scientific endeavor. It then turns to the coverage of biological concepts based on an expanding spiral of knowledge. Thus, chemistry is followed by cell biology, cell division, genetics, ecology, evolution, anatomy and physiology, and the diversity and classification of living things. The book progresses from the basic to the complex.-Pref.