Title Statements
- Full title :Biology / George H. Fried, George J. Hademenos.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2013
- Edition:4th ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill Education
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2013
Notes
Includes indexes.
"865 fully solved problems ; 25 problem solving videos online"--Cover.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 461 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780071811309, 0071811303
- oclc:ocn806018709
- LC Classification:QH315.5
- Dewey Decimal:570
Table of Contents
pt. I. Fundamentals of biology -- 1. The basic structure of science -- The methods of science -- Biology as a science -- The significance of evolution -- Organization of life -- 2. The chemistry of life: an inorganic perspective -- Atoms, molecules, and chemical bonding -- Chemical reactions and the concept of equilibrium -- Colligative properties of solutions -- The laws of thermodynamics -- The special case of water -- Maintaining stable pH in living systems -- 3. The chemistry of life : the organic level -- Carbohydrates -- Proteins -- Structure and functions of lipids -- The chemical basis of living systems -- pt. II. Biology of the cell -- 4. The cellular organization of life -- The cell doctrine -- Cellular organization -- Cellular organelles -- Plant and animal cells : tissue organization -- Cell size and its constraints -- Movement into and out of the cell -- 5. Energy transformations -- Energy and life -- Thermodynamics -- Cell metabolism -- Bioenergetics -- 6. Photosynthesis -- The light reaction -- The dark reaction (Calvin-Benson Cycle) -- Photorespiration -- The C4 pathway -- Structure and function in the chloroplast -- pt. III. Genetics and inheritance -- 7. The natu…
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