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Botany for Dummies (Out of print)
| AUTHOR | Fester Kratz, Rene |
| PUBLISHER | For Dummies (07/12/2011) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Employment of biological scientists is projected to grow 21% over the next decade, much faster than the average for all occupations, as biotechnological research and development continues to drive job growth.
Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough, easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test.
- Covers evolution by natural selection
- Offers plain-English explanations of the structure and function of plants
- Includes plant identification and botanical phenomenon
Tracking a typical course in botany, this hands-on, friendly guide is your ticket to acing this required course for your major in biology, microbiology, zoology, or elementary education.
Learn to:
- Understand how plants reproduce
- Grasp the structure and function of plants
- Score your highest grade in botany
The easy way to score your highest grade in botany
Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough, easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test. Covering typical topics in botany, this hands-on, friendly guide is your ticket to acing this required course for your major in biology, microbiology, zoology, or elementary education.
- Breathe life into botany -- get an overview of the fundamentals of metabolism that are common to all living things, and understand why living things need matter and energy to grow and function
- Get ready to photosynthesize -- find out how plants make food from carbon dioxide and water using energy from the sun, and how they break down that food through cellular respiration
- Let's talk about reproduction -- get the 411 on how plant cells divide, either to make exact copies of themselves for growth or to make eggs and sperm for sexual reproduction
- The many uses of plants -- discover the importance of plants to the natural world, and the role they play in food, clothing, fuel, and medicine
Open the book and find:
- An overview of plant biology
- The basic chemistry you need to know to understand botany
- Plain-English explanations of plant tissues
- The structure of plants
- The lowdown on photosynthesis
- Plant reproduction and genetics
- A look at how evolution has shaped the structure and behavior of plants
- How we thrive on plants in everyday life
Employment of biological scientists is projected to grow 21% over the next decade, much faster than the average for all occupations, as biotechnological research and development continues to drive job growth.
Botany For Dummies gives you a thorough, easy-to-follow overview of the fundamentals of botany, helping you to improve your grades, supplement your learning, or review before a test.
- Covers evolution by natural selection
- Offers plain-English explanations of the structure and function of plants
- Includes plant identification and botanical phenomenon
Tracking a typical course in botany, this hands-on, friendly guide is your ticket to acing this required course for your major in biology, microbiology, zoology, or elementary education.