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Reviews: "...useful as part of a reference collection in a school or college library."
-American Reference Books Annual
"The volume contains numerous black-and-white illustrations that enhance the text...clearly written..."
-Reference Reviews
"...will aid students in understanding basic concepts."
-School Library Journal
Description: Viva-Facts On File Encyclopedia of Biology is an invaluable reference that provides authoritative information on the subject for high school and college students. The encyclopedia contains more than 800 A-to-Z entries and essays, 80 line illustrations, and 75 black-and-white photographs. Comprehensive coverage of leading discoveries in biology along with general biology definitions, thought-provoking essays, and biographies of notable biologists present a wide range of valuable information compiled into a single source. Written in an easy-to-understand format, the book helps explain the importance of biology to society, and includes summaries of notable events throughout history related to the discipline.
An emphasis on "hot" topics and detailed coverage of the fundamental issues, figures, ideas and concepts, experiments, and history of biology make the encyclopedia current and relevant to student interests. The book guides readers to the Websites and various resources on the Internet that relate to biology. Appendixes include all Nobel Prize winners in biology, a review of biology-related computer software, and the complete Periodic Table of Elements.
Contents: Introduction • Entries A-Z • Feature Essays • Blood Identification through the Ages by John C. Brenner and Demetra Xythalis • Human Cytogenetics: Historical Overview and Latest Developments by Betty Harrison • The Karner Blue - New York’s Endangered Butterfly by Robert Dirig • Insects and Man - An Exotic Dilemma by Timothy L. McCabe, Ph. D • Science and the Spiritual Factor by John McConnell • Silk Degrees: A Tale of Moths and People, Part One by James G. (Spider) Barbour • Sassafras and Its Lepidopteran Cohorts, or Bigger and Better Caterpillars through Chemistry by Timothy L McCabe, Ph.D. • Silk Degrees: A Tale of Moths and People, Part Two by James G. (Spider) Barbour • Egyptian Mummies: Brief History and Radiological Studies by William A. Wagle, M. D. • Appendixes.ISBN - 9788130921570
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Pages : 400
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