DICTIONARY OF MODERN BIOLOGY
Norah Rudin, Ph.D.

Reflecting the most up-to-date information in all aspects of biology, this book includes approximately 5,000 biological terms listed alphabetically and defined on a level useful to college-level biology students, high school biology teachers, medical and nursing students & professionals and those with an interest in science.

Topics covered include botany, cell biology, metabolic pathways, physiology and development, neurobiology, immunology, botany, zoology, classical and population genetics, ecology, evolution, biological classification, molecular biology and genetic engineering, common biological laboratory procedures and instrumentation.

This book is set apart from other similar dictionaries by the extensive appendices and illustrations. Over 100 detailed computer graphics illustrations complement the text. The sixteen appendices include:
  • The metric system
  • Metric-English conversions
  • Farenheit-Celcius conversion
  • pH scale
  • Geologic timeline
  • Phanerozoic timeline
  • The genetic code
  • Amino acids
  • Hierarchy of biological classification
  • The five kingdoms
  • Modes of nutrition
  • Phylogenetic classification of organisms
  • A timeline of biological discovery
  • Nobel prize winners
  • A list of endangered species

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Reference Editor's Recommended Book:

From aardvark to zymogen granule, Barron's biology dictionary provides definitions and explanations of more than 6,000 biological terms. It'll set the love lights blazing in the eyes of any biology student, but it's also a fine library addition for the armchair biologist, the young science amateur, or any aging Saturday scientists. An essential reference for students struggling though science texts, Norah Rudin's dictionary also makes for interesting perusal fodder for them what enjoy browsing through aqueous humor, hyperplasia, mitochondrial cytopathies, northern blot, and spermatogenesis.

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Midwest Book Review :

5,000 biological terms listed alphabetically and defined for college-level biology students provide fine at-a-glance reference to everything from botany and zoology to genetics, ecology and molecular biology. This is an important study which defines and surveys the range of modern biological sciences.

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