A brief guide to biology with physiology / David Krogh.

Includes index.

ch. 1. Science and the real world -- Unit 1. Essential parts: atoms, molecules, and cells -- ch. 2. Chemistry and life -- ch. 3. Biological molecules -- ch. 4. Exploring life's home: the cell -- ch. 5. On life's edge: the plasma membrane -- Unit 2. Energy and life -- ch. 6. Powering life: an introduction to energy -- ch. 7. Supplying the body with energy -- ch. 8. The green world's gift: photosynthesis -- Unit 3. How life goes on: genetics -- ch. 9. Genetics, mitosis, and cytokinesis -- ch. 10. Preparing for sexual reproduction: meiosis -- ch. 11. Mendel and his discoveries -- ch. 12. Genetic inheritance and health -- ch. 13. DNA structure and replication -- ch. 14. How proteins are made -- ch. 15. Biotechnology -- Unit 4. Life's organizing principle: evolution and the diversity of life -- ch. 16. How life was shaped: an introduction to evolution -- ch. 17. The means of evolution: microevolution -- ch. 18. Macroevolution: the origin of species -- ch. 19. The history of life on earth -- ch. 20. Microbes: the diversity of life 1 -- ch. 21. Fungi and plants: the diversity of life 2 -- ch. 22. Animals: the diversity of life 3 -- Unit 5. The living world as a whole: ecology -- ch. 23. Populations and communities in ecology -- ch. 24. Ecosystems and biomes -- Unit 6. What makes the organism tick? Human anatomy and physiology -- ch. 25. The human body and three of its systems -- ch. 26. The nervous and endocrine systems -- ch. 27. The immune system -- ch. 28. Transport and exchange -- ch. 29. Human reproduction -- Unit 7. Plant anatomy and physiology -- ch. 30. Flowering plants.