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Cover of the first edition. Biology Today is a college-level biology textbook that went through three editions in 1972, 1975, and 1980. The first edition, published by Communications Research Machines, Inc. (CRM) and written by a small editorial team and large set of prominent "contributing consultants", is notable for its lavish illustrations and its humanistic approach.
An examination room in a typical doctor's office. Note the examination table, a key feature of almost all such rooms worldwide. A doctor's office in American English, a doctor's surgery in British English, or a doctor's practice, is a medical facility in which one or more medical doctors, usually general practitioners (GP), receive and treat patients.
Reception for the book has been positive. [5] The Quarterly Review of Biology gave a positive review for the text in 1997 and 2005, [6] with the reviewer in 2005 calling it "an excellent textbook" and praising the website associated with the book. [7] BioScience also gave praise for the book, commenting upon its layout and approach. [8]
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...
Science magazines are read by non-scientists and scientists who want accessible information on fields outside their specialization. Articles in science magazines are sometimes republished or summarized by the general press. Horisont is the oldest continuously published general science magazine in Estonia. Cover image from 1967.
From early 2011 to April 2013, Kauffman was a regular contributor to the NPR Blog 13.7, Cosmos and Culture, [17] with topics ranging from the life sciences, systems biology, and medicine, to spirituality, economics, and the law. [17] In May 2013 he joined the Institute for Systems Biology, in Seattle, Washington.
Wade was a science writer and editor for the journals Nature from 1967 to 1971, and Science from 1972 to 1982. [17] In a 1976 article in Science, Wade documented the controversy surrounding E. O. Wilson's book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis: [18] portraying Wilson in a sympathetic light, and the opposing Sociobiology Study Group more critically.
Medical biology is a field of biology that has practical applications in medicine, health care, and laboratory diagnostics. It includes many biomedical disciplines and areas of specialty that typically contains the "bio-" prefix such as: molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology, cell biology, embryology,