Biology: A Self-Teaching Guide, 3rd Edition

This book starts roughly from the scratch. This was my first introductory book into the topic of biology, before I didn't know much about photosynthesis or most of the stuff from this book. That's why for me it was a couple of months lasting yourney into many discoveries about nature and human body. After first warm up chapter about different possible views how to see the origin of life, you go staight into cells structre and then mitosis and meiosis in next chapter. The book contains 22 chapters and most of them could be defined as separate branch, topic, or discipline. Examples would be chapters on ecology, nutrition, cellular respiration (molecular biology), reproduction (genetics). Other chapters would include information about one of our body systems, for example circulatory system, brain and nervous system, bones and muscles (musculo-skeletal system), or hormones (endocrine system). Then there is a number of chapters explaining basics of classification system, or taxonomy. That would be viruses and subviruses, fungi, plant and animal kingdoms in separate chapters. I have to say that for almost total beginner, the book was quite easily understandable for me, even if I had to go slowly, because the text is dense and packed with info. First reading is only superficial exposure. It's the second one or third one(revision) to get to the core of each topic. I have a lot of respect for books like this, where the system and sequencing of delivering the information is well thought as well. It's not only about the information itself. It's about the story and meaning behind the lines, and reading the text that is revealing the bigger picture in systematic way. So I recommend this book to everyone who is interested in biology, nature, and processes in human body, but never had those subjects during the school. Which was my case. Another super feature is the multiple-choice test at the end of each chapter. Sometimes right questions (and answers) bring more spark and interest then pages and pages of text explaining the concept. Plus there is a lots of diagrams, tables, and pictures for better illustration of many points. Enjoy.

Good purchase, easy to read

If you're like me and needed to learn all of highschool biology in the space of a few months, and hate wasting time on content fluff, then this is the book for you. No filler explanations, no time wasted; just pure biology in ultra condensed format that gets straight to the point with concise expelnations and definitions. This isn't a textbook, it's a self teaching backbone to substitute additional research and practice (which you'll want to do to properly retain the info, as sometimes a bit more explanation is needed than what's provided. Occasionally this book gets a little TOO condensed). Covers everything you could possibly need to know about highschool biology basics, food chains, environment, cell types, etc. This thing thing is probably more detailed than what's taught in American highschools tbh.

Very clear language. Goes deep into every subject without a 'heavy' theoretical approach. The excercises are all pertinent and will help you all the way. Highly recommended!

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Not useful for my style of learning. This may be a me issue, not a this book issue! Just not for me.