The Complete Idiots Guide to Life Science, DuTemple L.A., 2000

The Complete Idiots Guide to Life Science, DuTemple L.A., 2000.
    
   This book will give you a general overview of the entire field of biology. Use it as your only source, or use it as a portal into some of its interesting stories, but either way, you’ll learn things that will deepen your understanding of your own world and that can put into context some of the new information about discoveries and threats to our health and ecosystem that you hear about in the news.
Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of biology.




Greek Science.
Slowly but surely, man's knowledge of and command over the natural world developed through history. Humans learned to master the use of fire. By mastering fire, they could stay in one place all year—they didn't have to pack up and leave just to stay warm. They learned how to grow and harvest crops, and how to domesticate animals. Growing crops and having your own livestock meant that you didn't have to spend all day searching for food—you had to pay attention to it, but with care, it would be right at your fingertips.

These advances made it possible for people to survive and support themselves, and still have some time left over in the day. And they could spend this time on what we now call leisure activities, including the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge's sake. They were so curious about the world around them that chasing down the answers became their leisure hobby, or even their full-time careers.

Nowhere was this more true than in ancient Greece, which boasted several full-time scientists. Ironically, although the ancient Greeks did much to advance the field of science, they also stalled it in some ways.

CONTENTS.
Part 1: Life: It’s All Around You.
1 Science and Life.
2 In the Beginning.
3 History of Life on Earth.
4 Understanding the Cells: The Building Blocks of Life.
5 Physi-What?.
Part 2: The Kingdoms of Life.
6 Watch Out! Viruses and Bacteria.
7 The Catchall Kingdom: Protists.
8 Fungi!.
9 Green, Green, Green: Plants.
10 Flying, Crawling, and Other Creatures: Animals.
Part 3: How Animals (Human and Otherwise) Live.
11 Movement! The Skeletal-Muscular System.
12 The Nervous and Sensory Systems.
13 The Digestive System.
14 The Respiratory System.
15 The Circulatory System.
16 The Immune and Lymphatic Systems.
17 Endocrine and Reproductive Systems.
Part 4: How Plants Live.
18 The Plant Body.
19 Woody Plants.
20 Plant Nutrition and Transport.
21 Plant Reproduction and Development.
Part 5 Nature: Always Moving Forward.
22 Evolution.
23 Genetics.
24 Genetic Engineering.
25 Tying It All Together: Ecology.
26 The Future of the Biosphere.
Appendixes.
A Glossary.
В Geological Time Scale of Life.
Index.



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