Raven, P: Biology

Raven/Biology, 9/e -- Table of Contents Part 1: The Molecular Basis of Life 1 - The Science of Biology 2 - The Nature of Molecules 3 - The Chemical Building Blocks of Life Part II: Biology of the Cell 4 - Cell Structure 5 - Membranes 6 - Energy and Metabolism 7 - How Cells Harvest Energy 8 - Photosynthesis 9 - Cell Communication 10 - How Cells Divide Part III: Genetic and Molecular Biology 11 - Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis 12 - Patterns of Inheritance 13 - Chromosomes, Matting & the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection 14 - DNA: The Genetic Material 15 - Genes and How They Work 16 - Control of Gene Expression 17 - Biotechnology 18 - Genomics 19 - Cellular Mechanisms of Development Part IV: Evolution 20 - Genes Within Populations 21 - The Evidence for Evolution 22 - The Origin of Species 23 - Systematics and the Phylogenetic Revolution 24 - Genome Evolution 25 - Evolution of Development Part V: Diversity of Life on Earth 26 - The Tree of Life 27 - Viruses 28 - Prokaryotes 29 - Protists 30 - Overview of Green Plants 31 - Fungi 32 - Overview of Animal Diversity 33 - Noncoelomate Invertebrates 34 - Coelomate Invertebrates 35 - Vertebrates Part VI: Plant Form and Function 36 - Plant Form 37 - Vegetative Plant Development 38 - Transport in Plants 39 - Plant Nutrition and Soils 40 - Plant Defense Responses 41 - Sensory Systems in Plants 42 - Plant Reproduction Part VII: Animal Form and Function 43 - The Animal Body and Principles of Regulation 44 - The Nervous System 45 - Sensory Systems 46 - The Endocrine System 47 - The Musculoskeletal System 48 - The Digestive System 49 - The Respiratory System 50 - The Circulatory System 51 - Osmotic Regulation and the Urinary System 52 - The Immune System 53 - The Reproductive System 54 - Animal Development Part VIII: Ecology and Behavior 55 - Behavioral Biology 56 - Population Ecology 57 - Community of Ecology 58 - Dynamics of Ecosystems 59 - The Biosphere 60 - Conservation Biology

Peter H. Raven, Ph.D., is director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Engelmann professor of botany at Washington University at St. Louis. He oversees the garden's internationally recognized research program in tropical botany--one of the world's most active in the study and conservation of imperiled tropical habitats. Raven's botanical research and work in the area of tropical conservation have earned him numerous honors and awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship. He has written 17 textbooks and more than 400 articles, and he is a member of th National Academy of Science and the National Research Council.