LibGuides: Biology: Background Information

Background Information

The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide defines biology as the,

Science of life. Biology includes all the life sciences – for example, anatomy and physiology (the study of the structure of living things), cytology (the study of cells), zoology (the study of animals), botany (the study of plants), ecology (the study of habitats and the interaction of living species), animal behaviour, embryology, and taxonomy (classification), and plant breeding. Increasingly biologists have concentrated on molecular structures: biochemistry, biophysics, and genetics (the study of inheritance and variation)

(Source: Credo)

Reference: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedia of Geobiology by H. W. Fritz (Editorial Board Member); Andreas Kappler (Editorial Board Member); Kurt Konhauser (Editorial Board Member); Pamela Reid (Editorial Board Member); Xingliang Zhang (Editorial Board Member); Joachim Reitner (Editor); Volker Thiel (Editor) The interplay between Geology and Biology has shaped the Earth from the early Precambrian, 4 billion years ago. Moving beyond the borders of the classical core disciplines, Geobiology strives to identify chains of cause-and-effect and synergisms between the geo- and the biospheres that have been driving the evolution of life in modern and ancient environments. Combining modern methods, geobiological information can be extracted not only from visible remains of organisms, but also from organic molecules, rock fabrics, minerals, isotopes and other tracers. An understanding of these processes and their signatures reveals enormous applied potentials with respect to issues of environment protection, public health, energy and resource management. The Encyclopedia of Geobiology has been designed to act as a key reference for students, researchers, teachers, and the informed public and to provide basic, but comprehensible knowledge on this rapidly expanding discipline that sits at the interface between modern geo- and biosciences.
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9781402092121
Publication Date: 2011-03-10
Darwin's Universe by Richard Milner; Stephen Jay Gould (Preface by); Ian Tattersall (Foreword by) This alphabetically arranged reference, an immensely entertaining browser's delight, offers a dazzling overview of the life and thought of Charles Darwin and his incredibly wide sphere of influence. Authoritative and abundantly illustrated, it illuminates the ways in which ideas of evolutionary biology have leapt the boundaries of science to influence philosophy, law, religion, literature, cinema, art, and popular culture. Darwin's Universe, a thoroughly revised and updated successor to Richard Milner's acclaimed Encyclopedia of Evolution, contains more than a hundred new essays, including entries on animal behavior (Alex the parrot, Kanzi the bonobo, Digit the gorilla), on women in science (Mary Anning, Rosalind Franklin), and on the latest finds of human fossils. A veritable museum of natural history, it also contains many original discoveries brought to light by Milner's historical sleuthing. Packed with hundreds of rare illustrations, including many new ones, this Darwin Bicentennial edition will appeal to a wide audience of readers.
Call Number: QH360.2 .M55 200
ISBN: 9780520243767
Publication Date: 2009-07-06
Gray's Anatomy by Henry Gray Written in the 1850s by a young doctor, Henry Gray, Gray's Anatomy was the most comprehensive and accessible anatomy of its time. This beautifully produced slipcased volume contains the historic text of the second edition and all of Henry Vandyke Carter's masterly drawings. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of medicine or in the amazingly complex machine that is the human body.
Call Number: REF QP34.5 .G77 2013
ISBN: 9781782124269
Publication Date: 2013-09-01
A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics by Roger J. Lincoln; Geoffrey A. Boxshall; Paul F. Clark
Call Number: REF QH540.4 .L56 1982
ISBN: 9780521239578
Publication Date: 1982-10-21