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George Johnson’s textbook, The Living World is often considered to be a student favorite. Dr. Johnson has written this non-majors textbook from the ground up to be an engaging and accessible learning tool with an emphasis on ""how things work and why things happen the way they do"". This authoritative textbook features a straightforward, clear writing style and a wide variety of media assets to enhance the content of the textbook.
The strength of the fifth edition is the integration of many tools that are designed to inspire both students and instructors. The multi-media package for the new edition stretches students beyond the confines of the traditional textbook to include high interest video clips and animations of key biological concepts.
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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- 1 The Science of Biology
- 2 Evoluation and Ecology
- 3 The Chemistry of Life
- 4 Molecules of Life
- 5 Cells
- 6 Energy and Life
- 7 Photosynthesis: Acquiring Energy from the Sun
- 8 How Cells Harvest Energy from Food
- 9 Mitosis
- 10 Meiosis
- 11 Foundations of Genetics
- 12 DNA: The Genetic Material
- 13 How Genes Work
- 14 Gene Technology
- 15 Genomics
- 16 The Revolution in Cell Technology
- 17 Evolution and Natural Selection
- 18 How We Name Living Things
- 19 The First Single-Celled Creatures
- 20 Advent of the Eukaryotes
- 21 Fungi Invade the Land
- 22 Evolution of Plants
- 23 Plant Form and Function
- 24 Plant Reproduction and Growth
- 25 Evolution of the Animal Phyla
- 26 History of the Vertebrates
- 27 How Humans Evolved
- 28 The Animal Body and How It Moves
- 29 Circulation
- 30 Respiration
- 31 The Path of Food Through the Animal Body
- 32 Maintaining the Internal Environment
- 33 How the Animal Body Defends Itself
- 34 The Nervous System
- 35 Chemical Signaling Within the Animal Body
- 36 Reproduction and Development
- 37 Ecosystems
- 38 Populations and Communities
- 39 Behavior and the Environment
- 40 Planet Under Stress
- Back Matter
