Understanding Biology
- ISBN-10
- 0697222136
- ISBN-13
- 9780697222138
- Series
- Understanding Biology
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 968
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-01-01
- Publisher
- WCB/McGraw-Hill
- Authors
- Peter H. Raven, George Brooks Johnson
Description
Giving students an overview of the principles of biological processes and the working of the biosphere prepares them to understand the form and function of organisms. The text presents a progression of basic principles, which gives students the information needed to understand the basic properties of all living things ... Evolution [is] the major theme of [the book].-Pref.
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