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The Penguin Dictionary of Biology
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With M. Hickman | 11 edition from Penguin USA (December 31, 2004)
9780141013961 | details & prices | 750 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $22.00
About: This completely revised and updated dictionary includes the latest information on the constantly changing language of biology and contains detailed definitions of more than six thousand terms--including four hundred new entries--that reflect the latest information on genetics, human physiology, evolutionary theory, cell biology, and more.
With M. Thian, M. Hickman | 10th edition from Penguin USA (February 1, 2001)
9780140513592 | details & prices | 678 pages | 4.75 × 7.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $15.00
About: This completely revised and updated dictionary includes the latest information on the constantly changing language of biology and contains more than 400 new entries.
With M. Hickman | from Penguin USA (July 1, 1995)
9780140512885 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $14.95
About: This updated and expanded edition provides cross-referenced definitions and articles that should prove useful to students in biological and related sciences, as well as to professionals and interested laypersons.
With M. L. Johnson, M. Hickman, M. Abercrombie, Tom Streissguth | 8th rep edition from Penguin USA (February 1, 1991)
9780140511772 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $12.50
This edition also contains Benjamin Franklin
About: With an emphasis on coverage of modern fields such as molecular biology, immunology, cytology, genetics and ecology, the dictionary describes the central concepts and processes that all would-be biologists need to understand.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (December 31, 2004); titled "Penguin Dictionary Of Biology"
9780606330725 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.24 lbs | List price $25.70
Prebinding
11 edition from Turtleback Books (December 28, 2004); titled "Penguin Dictionary of Biology"
9781417669837 | details & prices | 4.75 × 7.50 × 1.75 in. | 1.26 lbs | List price $28.25
About: Now in a completely revised and updated edition, this dictionary -- long respected as the definitive one-volume source -- includes the latest information on the ever-expanding language of biology and contains more than 400 brand new entries.
from Turtleback Books (July 1, 2003); titled "Penguin Dictionary of Biology"
9780613649933 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $24.75