biology

Anna Walsh, happy with a great job as a public relations executive, a lovely New York apartment, and perfect husband, has to slowly rebuild her life when she wakes in her parents' Dublin home to discover she has been in an automobile accident and her husband is strangely absent.

Provides an overview of biological topics, discussing cells and the building blocks of life; describing the characteristics of living creatures, from viruses to mammals; and examining body parts and plants.

Explains in a simple way why people are living things.

This book details how biology affects practically everything in a person's everyday life.

Text and illustrations present ten hands-on biology experiments using plants and other materials.

Students will gain an appreciation for all of the ways that the brain makes everyday life possible. Memory, consciousness, perception, emotion, and other complex functions are explained in depth with simple text and helpful illustrations, diagrams, and infographics.

Two full-length practice exams are presented with all questions answered and explained, with detailed reviews of all test topics and includes multiple-choice and free-response questions with answers at the end of each topic's chapter.

Contains 432 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various people, topics, and events in the field of biology, and includes volume and cumulative indexes, a glossary, and reference charts and illustrations.

Contains approximately five hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on topics in agriculture, anatomy, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, genetics, medicine, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, physiology, psychology, and zoology, and includes biographies, box features, and color photos and diagrams.

"Humans and chimpanzees have a lot in common, in fact, 96 percent of our DNA is similar to our chimpanzee relatives. What else do we have in common with other members of the animal kingdom? Readers will learn fascinating facts about human and animal bodies as they complete awesome hands-on experiments. They'll develop Next Generation Science Standards skills, such as asking testable questions. The scientific method is made crystal-clear, through a succession of boxes that prompt readers to Ask, Test, Observe, and Measure. Helpful hints, materials lists, stunning photographs, and fast fact boxes keep readers on a roll. Inspiring 'What's Next?' sections encourage readers to continue exploring fascinating topics"--Provided by the publisher.