Life Science

Name: Life Science
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ISBN: 9780028631998

ISBN-10: 0028631994

ISBN-13: 9780028631998

Edition: 2000

Authors: Macmillan General Reference Staff, Lesley A. DuTemple

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Although the core of life science is biology, Lesley DuTemple's guide to the subject also introduces aspects of anatomy, zoology, ecology, microbiology, chemistry and biochemistry.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/9/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386

I. LIFE: IT'S ALL AROUND YOU. 1. Science and Life. A Good Place to Start. The Characteristics of Life. Move, Move, Move! Organization Is Everything. Homeo-what? Energy-Use It! Reproduction. Growing, Growing, Grown. Moving Toward "Real" Science. What's That? How Does It Work? Is It Science, or Magic? Greek Science. Galileo and the Beginnings of Modern Science. The Scientific Method. The Working Hypothesis. Nonchallenging and Challenging Tests. Heeere's ... Matter and Elements. Matter: Does It Matter? The Elements: You Are What You Are. 2. In the Beginning. The "Big Bang" Theory. The Spontaneous Generation Theory. Redi's Experiment. Spallanzani's Experiment.… Pasteur's Experiment. In the Primordial Soup. Forming a Simple Organic Compound. Miller and Urey's Soup. Soup Ingredients. Forming Complex Organic Compounds Out of "Nothing". Complex Organic Compounds in the Sea. Corralling the Compounds. What's So Important About DNA? Go Forth and Multiply! 3. History of Life on Earth. Macroevolution. The Fossil Record. Paleontology Develops. Uncovering the Layers of Life. The Incomplete Fossil Record. Measuring Geologic and Evolutionary Time. Mass Extinctions: The Dinosaurs. 4. Understanding the Cells: The Building Blocks of Life. The Building Blocks of Life. Building a Theory. Cell Structure and Function. The "C" Word: Chemistry. Less is Less? The Basics of Animal and Plant Eukaryotes. Get Those Organelles to Work, Work, Work! The Basics of Plant Eukaryotes. Fluid Movement: The Key to Cell Interaction. Cell Division. But Can You See It? 5. Physi-What? Physiology: Movin' Metabolism. Photosynthesis. Chlorophyll: The Start of It All. Light-Dependent Reactions. Light-Independent Reactions. Respiration: Breathing? Break Down That Sugar! Anaerobic Respiration. Aerobic Respiration. More Building Blocks for Energy. DNA: The First Building Block. RNA: The Next Building Block. Protein Synthesis. II: THE KINGDOMS OF LIFE. 6. Watch Out! Viruses and Bacteria. The Five Kingdoms. The Kingdom Monera. The Kingdom Protista. The Kingdom Fungi. The Kingdom Plantae. The Kingdom Animalia. Viruses: Organisms Without a Kingdom. Virus Structure. Vaccinations, Pasteur, and Rabies. Complexity Defined: The AIDS Virus. Diversity and Reproduction of Viruses. Bacteria: The Basic Monerans. Types and Structure of Bacteria. Nutrition and Nitrogen-Fixing. Pathogens. 7. The Catchall Kingdom: Protists. The Kingdom Protista. Protozoa. Sarcodina: The Squishy Movers. Ciliophora: Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Zoomastigina: Whip! Whip! Whip! Sporozoa: The Do-Nothing Protozoans. Algae: The Other Protists. Algae Structure and Classification. Chlorophyta: The Green Algae. Phaeophyta: The Brown Algae. Rhodophyta: The Red Algae. Chrysophyta: The Golden-Brown Algae. Pyrrophyta: The Fire Algae. Euglena: The Misfit Algae-Protozoa. 8. Fungi! The Main Event: Decomposing. Fungal Bodies. Sex Among the Fungi. The No-Fits: Fungus-Like Protists. Slime! Aquanauts and Others. Zygomycetes: The Spoilers. Sac Fungi: Yeasts, Truffles, Morels, and Pathogens. Club Fungi: Mushrooms and Puffballs. Imperfect Fungi. 9. Green, Green, Green: Plants. The Leap from Water to Land. The Fossil Record of Plants. Classification and Breakdown. Mosses and Worts. Moss