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A fresh approach to biology centred on a clear narrative, active learning, and confidence with quantitative concepts and scientific enquiry. Designed for flexible learning, it will give you a deeper understanding of the key concepts, and an appreciation of biology as a dynamic experimental science.
List of contents
- Life and its Exploration: Foundational Principles
- Topic 1: Exploring the science of life
- Topic 2: The emergence of life on Earth
- Topic 3: Defining Life
- Topic 4: Evolutionary processes
- Topic 5: The diversity, organisation, and classification of life
- Quantitative Toolkits
- Quantitative Toolkit 1: Understanding data
- Quantitative Toolkit 2: Size and scale
- Quantitative Toolkit 3: Describing data
- Quantitative Toolkit 4: Ratio and proportion
- Quantitative Toolkit 5: Understanding samples
- Quantitative Toolkit 6: Designing experiments
- Quantitative Toolkit 7: Assessing patterns
- Quantitative Toolkit 8: Formulae and equations
- Quantitative Toolkit 9: Rates of change
- Module 1 LIFE AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL
- 1: Building blocks: molecules and macromolecules
- 2: Energy: powering biochemical processes
- 3: Information: genes and genomes
- 4: Mendelian genetics
- 5: Reading the genome: gene expression and protein synthesis
- 6: Proteins and proteomes
- 7: Metabolism: energy capture and release from food
- 8: Molecular tools and techniques
- Module 2 LIFE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL
- 9: Characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
- 10: Cell division in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
- 11: Microbial diversity
- 12: The growth, measurement, and visualisation of cells
- 13: Microbes in life: harnessing their power
- 14: Microbes as agents of infectious disease
- 15: Viruses
- Module 3 THE HUMAN ORGANISM: TISSUES, ORGANS, AND SYSTEMS
- 16: Physiology overview
- 17: Communication and control 1: introducing the nervous and endocrine systems
- 18: Communication and control 2: sensory systems
- 19: Communication and control 3: controlling organ systems
- 20: Muscle and movement
- 21: Cardiovascular system
- 22: Respiratory system
- 23: Exercise physiology
- 24: Renal system
- 25: Digestive system
- 26: Reproductive system
- 27: Immune system
Summary
A fresh approach to biology centred on a clear narrative, active learning, and confidence with quantitative concepts and scientific enquiry. Designed for flexible learning, it will give you a deeper understanding of the key concepts, and an appreciation of biology as a dynamic experimental science.
