Product Description: Biochemistry, or the study of the chemical processes that occur within living things, has been researched for hundreds of years by a number of great scientific minds. This comprehensive volume not only explores the history and study of biochemistry and how it stands today but also the many scientists who devoted their lives and careers to the field...read more

Product Description: Describes the basics of ecology, including food chains, habitats, and ecosystems.

Product Description: There are hundreds of thousands of plant species on Earth, from liverworts less than an inch tall to giant redwood trees that reach hundreds of feet into the sky. With their great variety of forms, plants have adapted to nearly every type of habitat...read more

Product Description: Microscopic life holds the key to understanding many much larger things and, more importantly, has led to some amazing scientific breakthroughs. Through the pioneering efforts of people like Joseph Lister and Robert Koch, we have a greater understanding of human life and disease than ever before...read more

Product Description: Explains the fundmentals of genetics, covering such topics as inheritance, cell division, DNA, RNA, and genomes, and discusses applications of genetic knowledge with respect to selective breeding, plant cloning, and drug manufacturing.