The study of biology /
Jeffrey J. W. Baker and Garland E. Allen
- Reading, Massachusetts : Addision-Wesley Publishing Company, c1967
- xv, 653 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Characteristics of living things -- 2. Major generalizations of biology -- 3. The nature and logic of science -- 4. Testing hypotheses and predictions -- 5. The analysis and interpretation of data -- 6. Cells and tissues -- 7. Cellular metabolism -- 8. Photosynthesis -- 9. The dynamics of plant structure and functions -- 10. Animal physiology I: the intake and processing of food -- 11. Animal physiology II: movement and coordination -- 12. Self-regulation: the principles of homeostasis -- 13. Cell reproduction -- 14. Genetics I: from math to mendel -- 15. Genetics II: from mendel to molecule -- 16. Development biology -- 17. taxonomy: the classification of living organism -- 18. Ecological relationships: competition for energy -- 19. The process of evolution -- 20. The origin of life -- 21. The evolution of plants -- 22. The evolution of animals.
The entire book is based on our conviction that although there is no one scientific method, there is still an underlying pattern of deductive logic in every scientific experiment or observation, and that this pattern should continually be stressed to the student reader.