Research Guides: Biology: Books

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Biology: A Self-Teaching Guide by Steven D. Garber
Publication Date: 2020
Explains all the major biological concepts and terms, including the origin of life, evolution, cell biology, reproduction, physiology, and botany. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter.
Biology Demystified by Dale Layman
Publication Date: 2003
An entertaining way to learn the fundamental facts and concepts of biology.
The Language of Life: How Cells Communicate In Health & Disease by Debra Niehoff
Publication Date: 2005
Describes how individual cells regularly communicate with one another.
Practical Skills in Biology by Allan Jones; Rob Reed; Jonathan Weyers
Publication Date: 2016
This book clearly explains the laboratory and field skills that biology students will draw on time and again for the practical aspects of their studies.
Schaum's Outline of Biology, Fifth Edition by George H. Fried; George J. Hademenos
Publication Date: 2019
Provides an overview of the fundamentals of biology, covering cells, genetics, plant and animal biology, ecology, and biological diversity, and featuring practice problems with step-by-step solutions.

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Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems
Call Number: QH360.5 .M38 2010
Location: Second Floor Stacks
Shows how the Zero-Force Evolutionary Law can be applied to the study of biological diversity and complexity.
The Mathematics of Life by Ian Stewart
Call Number: QH323.5 .S742 2011
Location: Second Floor Stacks
Read about the vital but little recognized role mathematics has played in pulling back the curtain on the hidden complexities of the natural world.
Physical Biology by Zewail
Call Number: QH505 .P457 2008
Location: Second Floor Stacks
Broad perspective on current state-of-the-art methods and concepts at the heart of chemical and biological behavior.
Research Methods for the Biosciences by Debbie Holmes; Peter Moody; Diana Dine
Call Number: QH315 .H65 2011
Location: Second Floor Stacks
Demystifies the process of research to equip every student with the skills they need to get the most out of their investigations.
What Is Life? How Chemistry Becomes Biology
Call Number: QH331 .P96 2012
Location: Second Floor Stacks
Demonstrates that Darwinian evolution is the biological expression of a deeper and more fundamental chemical principle.

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