COVER PAGE -- HALF TITLE PAGE -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: THE STUDY OF LIVING THINGS -- Subdivisions of Biology -- Biochemistry -- CHAPTER 2: THE BRANCHES OF BIOLOGY -- Embryology and Developmental Biology -- Stem Cell Research -- Anatomy and Morphology -- Physiology -- Genetics and Molecular Biology -- Ecology -- Ethology and Sociobiology -- Evolutionary Biology -- Other Areas of Study -- CHAPTER 3: THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY -- The Greeks and Natural Law -- The Middle Ages -- A Rebirth of Scientific Learning -- Francesco Redi -- Development of the Microscope -- CHAPTER 4: WHAT DEFINES A LIVING THING? -- Life in a Single-Celled Organism -- Multicellular Organisms -- The Parts of Complex Organisms Are Controlled -- Living Things Are Specialized -- Natural Selection and Adaptation -- Atoms in Living Molecules -- How Algae and Plants Obtain Food -- How Animals Obtain Food -- Securing Energy from Food -- Carrying Food and Oxygen -- CHAPTER 5: TYPES OF LIVING THINGS -- Bacteria -- Archaea -- Protists -- Fungi -- Symbiosis -- Plants -- Animals -- CHAPTER 6: THE EVOLUTION OF LIVING THINGS -- Seven Functions of Living Things -- Movement -- Sensitivity -- Respiration -- Nutrition -- Growth -- Reproduction -- Excretion -- CHAPTER 7: TAXONOMY AND GENETICS -- Carolus Linnaeus -- Evolutionary Theory -- Mechanism of Heredity -- Gregor Mendel -- Modern Developments -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- FOR MORE INFORMATION -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.