Henderson's Dictionary of Biology (14th Edition) - Softcover

Lawrence, Eleanor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321505794 ISBN 13: 9780321505798

Publisher: Benjamin Cummings, 2008

Synopsis

With over 22,000 entries, Henderson’s Dictionary of Biology is the most comprehensive reference for all the biological sciences.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

With over 22,000 entries covering terms from all areas of the biological sciences, Henderson’s Dictionary of Biology continues to be the most comprehensive, up-to-date and relevant volume of its kind. This fourteenth edition has been updated in response to changes in the core life-sciences fields, and includes new terms from bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics.

Key Features

• clear definitions and additional explanations
• describes and explains terms from the full range of biological sciences
•  includes new terms since the last edition, e.g. biodiesel, ficolins, hominin, intelligent design, pyrosequencing, quantitative PCR, quantum dots, quorum sensing, translational research
•  includes simplified, up-to-date classification tables for the kingdoms of living organisms
•  new appendix detailing the Geological Timescale

Henderson’s Dictionary of Biology continues to provide an essential reference for students, teachers and researchers in any of the biological sciences.

Eleanor Lawrence is a freelance science writer and editor, and co-author of Longman Dictionary of Environmental Science.

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0321505794
• ISBN 13: 9780321505798
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 776