Life

by David Burnie

Book Overview

Inspired by the Eyewitness lexigraphic approach, the definitive text, detailed captions, and labels combine with many full-color graphics, photos, and 3-D models to show the landmark experiments, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564584771
• ISBN13: 9781564584779
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Very Good!

This book is very reader freindly with many illustrations! It covers almost everything that has to do with life! Here's a list of the contents. 1.What is life? 6-7 2.The carbon key 8-9 4.Life's building blocks 10-11 5.Single-celled life 12-13 6.Cells and organisms 14-15 7.Photosynthesis1 6-17 8.Respiration1 18-19 9.Getting supplies 20-21 10.Getting Around 22-23 11.Sensing the world 24-25 12.Keeping a balence 25-26 13.Attack and defense 27-28 14.Growth and deveiopmant 28-2915.Asexual reproduction 30-31 16.DNA-the essence of life 32-33 17.How DNA works 34-35 18.Sexual reproduction 36-37 19.Heredity 38-39 20.Evolution 40-41 21.Interactions within species 42-43 22.Interactions between species4 4-45 23.Classifying living 46-47 24.Kingdoms of life 47-48 25.Plants and animals 49-50 26.How did life begin? 51-52 27.Increasing complexity 53-54 28.The edge of life 55-56 29.Genetic Engineering 57-58 30.Life beyond Earth 59-60 The reason I made this list is because when I see a book review I want a list of the contents!