Life, The Science of Biology

From the contents:
Part one: The scince and building blocks of life
The Science of Life and Its Evolutionary Framework
The Chemistry of Life
Macromolecules and the Origin of Life

Part two: Cells and energy
Cells: The Working Units of Life
The Dynamic Cell Membrane
Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy
Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight

Part three: Heredity and the genome
Chromosomes and Cell Division
Genetics: Mendel and Beyond
DNA and its Role in Heredity
From DNA to Protein: Genotype to Phenotype
The Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes
The Eukaryotic Genome and its Expression

Part four: The genome in action
Cell Signaling and Communication
Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
Genome Sequencing, Molecular Biology and Medicene
Immunology: Gene Expression and Natural Defence Systems
Differential Gene Expression in Development
Development and Evolutionary Change

Part five: The patterns and processes of evolution
The History of Life on Earth
The Mechanisms of Evolution
Species and their Formation
The Evolution of Genes and Genomes
Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies

Part six: the evolution of diversity
Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains
The Origin and Diversification of the Eukaryotes
Plants without Seeds: From Sea to Land
The Evolution of Seed Plants
Fungi: Recyclers, Pathogens, Parasites, and Plant Partners
Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans
Protostomate Animals
Deuterostomate Animals

Part seven: flowering plants: form and function

Mandana Sadat wurde als Tochter einer belgischen Mutter und eines iranischen Vaters in Brüssel geboren. Sie studierte Kunst in Strasbourg und lebt heute als freie Illustratorin in Paris. Ihre Bilderbücher, die in vielen Sprachen erschienen sind, erhielten internationale Auszeichnungen, u.a. den Prix Chrétien de Troyes für "De l'autre côté de l'arbre", den Prix International 2008 Espace Enfants für "L'altro paolo". "Mon lion" wurde mit dem Prix France Télévision ausgezeichnet.