This book introduces the different qualities and aspects of living things, including people, other animals, and plants, and covers such topics as breathing, feeding, energy, growth, locomotion, and reproduction.
Examines the variation in life-spans of both domestic and wild animals, ranging from one day to more than a century. Discusses ways of estimating age and theories on why life-spans vary and what causes aging.
twenty-four hours inside the mysterious world of our minds and bodies
Bodanis, David
1997
The author reveals the secret life of our most intimate and mysterious dwellings, our minds and bodies, such as how our endorphin levels rise quickly in the presence of ultraviolet energy.
Looks back billions of years to the cauldron of life's beginnings, chronicling its evolution from single-celled creatures through the age of dinosaurs and on to the complexity of the plants and animals that exist today.
