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This book provides students with all the tools they need to become scientifically literate citizens. And it does students the favor of providing no more than what is necessary to achieve this, since the “Brief Guide” really is brief – in terms of its page-count, the number of topics it covers, and the depth of its coverage.  The book’s name actually is doubly apt, in that it is a kind of guide. It attempts to engage students in the subject of biology through an informal, metaphorical, and narrative style. Just as an instructor pauses periodically during a lecture to make sure students understand a tricky point, so the Brief Guide takes the time to bring students along in a step-by-step fashion with a friendly style to make sure no one gets lost along the way.

 

Table of Contents

1. Science and the Real World

Unit 1: Essential Parts: Atoms, Molecules, and Cells

2. Chemistry and Life

3. Biological Molecules

4. Exploring Life’s Home: The Cell

5. On Life’s Edge: The Plasma Membrane

Unit 2: Energy and Life

6. Powering Life: An Introduction to Energy

7. Supplying the Body with Energy

8. The Green World’s Gift: Photosynthesis

Unit 3: How Life Goes On: Genetics

9.   Genetics, Mitosis, and Cytokinesis

10. Preparing for Sexual Reproduction: Meiosis

11. Mendel and His Discoveries

12. Genetic Inheritance and Health

13. DNA Structure and Replication

14. How Proteins are Made

15. Biotechnology

Unit 4: Life’s Organizing Principle: Evolution and the Diversity of Life

16. How Life Was Shaped: An Introduction to Evolution

17. The Means of Evolution: Microevolution

18. Macroevolution: The Origin of Species

19. The History of Life on Earth

20. Microbes: The Diversity of Life 1

21. Fungi and Plants: The Diversity of Life 2

22. Animals: The Diversity of Life 3

Unit 5: The Living World as a Whole: Ecology

23. Populations and Communities in Ecology

24. Ecosystems and Biomes