Language: English
Published by W. B. Saunders Company, 1970
ISBN 10: 0721680259 ISBN 13: 9780721680255
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The covers have shelf wear all over. The outer edges, insides of the covers, and end papers are smudged with some previous owners' inscriptions. The pages of this book are clean and unmarked. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING!
Language: English
Published by Harper & Bros, New York, NY, 1962
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Anne L. Cox (Illustrator) (illustrator). First Edition, First Thus. Text/NEW. Stated1962 First Edition. Giilt embossed green linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; short closed edge tears w/trace soiling. Classic introduction to the science of biology by microbiologist John Tyler Bonner of Princeton Univ. Written as a supplement to biology textbooks, the volume is suited for the general reader as well. The six chapters are: Chapter 1, The Cell; 2, Evolution; 3. Genetics; 4, Development, 5, Simple to Complex; and, 6, Man. Clarity of prose is fortified with excellent line drawings. Author hopes the ideas of biology be applied to understanding ourselves, our genetics, and our evolution within the context of our ecology, our role on earth, and indeed our modifications to our environment and its consequent influences to other animals and plants that surround us.