BIOLOGY: A SELF-TEACHING GUIDE. 3RD EDITION

How to Use This Book
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Origin of Life
2 Cell Structure
3 Cell Division
4 Reproduction
5 Cellular Respiration
6 Photosynthesis
7 Homeostasis
8 Hormones
9 The Brain and the Nervous System
10 Bones and Muscles
11 Internal Transport: Plants and Invertebrates
12 Circulatory System
13 Blood
14 Nutrition
15 Viruses and Subviruses
16 Ecology
17 Monera
18 Protista
19 Fungi
20 Plant Kingdom: Plantae
21 Animal Kingdom: Animalia
Glossary (The glossary in this book is a short version: the full unabridged (much longer!) glossary is available online (no fee) at www.wiley.com/go/biologystg3e
Index

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Author
STEVEN DANIEL GARBER, PH.D., has taught biology in public schools and at Cornell University, the City University of New York, and Rutgers University. He has worked as a biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, the National Park Service, Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the New York City Parks Department. Garber is the author of The Urban Naturalist and Biology: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley).