Biology in Profile : A Guide to the Many Branches of Biology

Biology in Profile: A Guide to the Many Branches of Biology is a 20-chapter text that describes the profile and biological phenomena of selected branches of biology. Each chapter discusses the scope, growth areas, and specialties of the specific branch of biology. This book includes 20 branches of biology, such as zoology, botany, microbiology, physiology, ecology, ethology, psychology, parasitology, pharmacy, and pharmacology. Other branches covered include toxicology, nutrition, food science, endocrinology, immunology, genetics, virology, biophysics, biochemistry, and molecular biology. This book will be of value to students and other scientists who are not practicing biologists. Content: Other related titles of interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv FOREWORD , Pages v-vi , P.N. Campbell THE CONTRIBUTORS , Pages ix-xi Profile No. 1 - ZOOLOGY , Pages 1,3-5 , R. McNeill Alexander Profile No. 2 - BOTANY , Pages 7,9-12 , Harold W. Woolhouse Profile No. 3 - MICROBIOLOGY , Pages 13,15-18 , Brian Bainbridge Profile No. 4 - PHYSIOLOGY , Pages 19,21-27 , M.C. Shelesnyak Profile No. 5 - ECOLOGY , Pages 29,31-34 , Malcolm J. Coe Profile No. 6 - ETHOLOGY , Pages 35,37-40 , Peter J.B. Slater Profile No. 7 - PSYCHOLOGY , Pages 41,43-46 , H. Gwynne Jones Profile No. 8 - PARASITOLOGY , Pages 47,49-52 , Francis E.G. Cox Profile No. 9 - PHARMACY , Pages 53,55-58 , Frank Hartley Profile No. 10 - PHARMACOLOGY , Pages 59,61-64 , George Brownlee Profile No. 11 - TOXICOLOGY , Pages 65,67-69 , W. Norman Aldridge Profile No. 12 - NUTRITION , Pages 71,73-76 , Arnold E. Bender Profile No. 13 - FOOD SCIENCE , Pages 77,79-84 , Alan G. Ward Profile No. 14 - ENDOCRINOLOGY , Pages 85,87-92 , Bryan Hudson Profile No. 15 - IMMUNOLOGY , Pages 93,95-97 , Peter N. Campbell Profile No. 16 - GENETICS , Pages 99,101-105 , Joshua Lederberg Profile No. 17 - VIROLOGY , Pages 107,109-111 , Erling Norrby Profile No. 18 - BIOPHYSICS , Pages 113,115-117 , David M. Blow Profile No. 19 - BIOCHEMISTRY , Pages 119-124 , Emil L. Smith Profile No. 20 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY , Pages 125-128 , Peter N. Campbell Edited By P.n. Campbell. Sponsored By The Committee On The Teaching Of Science Of The International Council Of Scientific Unions. Includes Bibliographies.