Biology: A Guide to the Natural World

by David Krogh

David Krogh’s A Guide to the Natural World leads readers on a memorable journey through the world of biology, using relevant examples, clearly-developed illustrations, and helpful insights that resonate with today’s readers. Widely-recognized as a book that provides enjoyable reading, the Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated with new discussions on social concerns and health applications, along with streamlined chapter summaries and expanded review questions. To address different learning styles, the book’s clear illustrations and exercises are reinforced with the engaging, efficient MasteringBiology learning and assessment program and a full suite of instructor resources. Science as a Way of A Guide to the Natural World; Fundamental Building Chemistry, Water, and pH; Life’s Biological Molecules; Life’s The Cell; Life’s The Plasma Membrane; Life’s An Introduction to Energy; Vital Deriving Energy from Food; The Green World’s Photosynthesis; The Links in Life’s Genetics and Cell Division; Preparing for Sexual Meiosis; The First Mendel and His Discoveries; Units of Chromosomes and Inheritance; Passing On Life’s DNA Structure and Replication; How Proteins Are Genetic Transcription, Translation, and Regulation; The Future Isn’t What It Used to Biotechnology; An Introduction to Charles Darwin, Evolutionary Thought, and the Evidence for Evolution; The Means of Microevolution; The Outcomes of Macroevolution; A Slow The History of Life on Earth; Arriving Late, Traveling The Evolution of Human Beings; Viruses, Bacteria, Archaea, and The Diversity of Life 1; The Diversity of Life 2; The Diversity of Life 3; The Diversity of Life 4; The Form and Function in Flowering Plants; Body Support and The Integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems; Communication and Control 1: The Nervous System; Communication and Control 2: The Endocrine System; Defending the The Immune System; Transport and Exchange 1: Blood and Breath; Transport and Exchange 2: Digestion, Nutrition, and Elimination; An Amazingly Detailed Animal Development; How the Baby Came to Human Reproduction; An Interactive Living World 1: Populations in Ecology; An Interactive Living World 2: Communities in Ecology; An Interactive Living World 3: Ecosystems and Biomes For all readers interested in taking a memorable journey through the world of biology.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction, Biology

816 pages, Unbound

First published September 1, 1999

About the author

David Krogh is a science writer and the director of communications for the Academic Senate of the University of California. While he has written on physics and technology, his main interest is biology, particularly its history and relationship to American culture. Krough has written several biology textbooks and study guides, as well as Smoking: The Artificial Passion.

Reviews

[Randall McNair · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably the best primer on the subject. Fun to read. Easy to understand.

[Chole Allyson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Helpful, if one wants to engage in the biological practice.

[Sss Book]

3 of 3

[Chelsea Arynn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poorly written, completely lacked clarity and was not helpful in the least. I would not recommend this textbook.