The Smart Guide to Biology

The Smart Guide to Biology gives you all the essential information for understanding how your body works, how plants and animals live, and ecology. It's the book that makes biology simple, fun to learn, and useful for leading a healthy life. Biology and ecology author Anne Maczulak, PhD, covers the major topics in biology from a single cell to large, complex ecosystems. This Smart Guide offers a quick reference to the essentials of biochemistry, genetics, evolution, and ecology, plus dozens of topics that broaden your understanding of biology. The Smart Guide to Biology introduces you to: • enzymes • DNA • hormones • photosynthesis • nutrition • microbes • plants and animals. In this Smart Guide you will learn: • The structure of cells that make up your body • Microorganisms, fungi, algae, protists, and plants and animals • Principles of genetics • The body's major tissues, organs, and systems • The body's biochemistry • Ecology and ecosystems The Smart Guide to Biology makes biology relevant to your life by teaching you: • How the body works and uses food • How people fit into food chains • How nutrients are cycled through the air, soil, water, and our bodies • How stress affects the body's normal functioning.