Understanding biology / Peter H. Raven and George B. Johnson.

Includes appendix (pages A-1-C-5), glossary (pages G-1-G-17), illustration credits (pages IC-1-IC-6) and index (pages I-1-I-18).

Part One Introduction -- 1 Your study of biology -- 2 Biology as a science -- Part Two Cell Biology -- 3 The chemistry of life -- 4 The origin of life -- 5 Cell -- 6 How cells interact with the environment -- Part Three Energy -- 7 Energy and metabolism -- 8 How cells make ATP -- 9 Photosynthesis -- Part four Genetics -- 10 How cells reproduce -- 11 Mendelian genetics -- 12 Human genetics -- 13 The mechanism of heredity -- 14 Genes and how they work -- 15 How genes change -- Part Five Evolution -- 16 The evidence for evolution -- 17 How species form -- 18 The evolution of life on earth -- 19 How we evolved: vertebrate evolution -- Part Six Ecology -- 20 How species interact with their environment -- 21 How species interact with one another -- 22 Communities and ecosystems -- 23 The future of the biosphere -- Part Seven Biological diversity -- 24 The five kingdoms of life -- 25 The invisible world: bacteria and viruses -- 26 The Origins of multicellularity protists and fungi -- 27 Plants -- 28 Animals -- Part Eight Plan Biology -- 29 The structure of plants -- 30 Flowering plant reproduction -- 31 How plants function -- Part Nine Animal Biology -- 32 The vertebrate body -- 33 How animals move -- 34 How animals digest food -- 35 How animals capture oxygen -- 36 Circulation -- 37 The vertebrate immune system -- 38 How animals transmit information --39 The nervous system -- 40 Hormones -- 41 The control of water balance -- 42 Sex and reproduction -- 43 Behavior.