Amazing Numbers in Biology

• Main Author: Flindt, Rainer (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Zoology.; Nature.; Environment.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Plant Sciences.

With hundreds of tables and over 10,000 entries anyone who works or studies in the life sciences or those with a curious mind will find exact answers to many questions requiring comparative data. This book is a clearly laid out presentation of the plain facts of life from all areas of biology. None...

Table of Contents:

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• Zoology
• General: Size, Weight, Age ...
• Movement, Locomotion
• Alimentation, Digestion
• Metabolism
• Excretion
• Heart, Circulation
• Blood
• Respiration
• Reproduction, Development
• Nervous System
• Senses
• Botany
• General Data: Dimensions, Age, etc.
• Cellular Values
• Germination and Growth
• Reproduction: Blossoms, Fruits, Seeds
• Constituents
• Physiological Values
• Microbiology
• Microbiology
• Human Biology
• General Data
• Skin, Skin Adnexa (Hair, Nails, Glands)
• Heart, Circulation, Blood
• Respiration
• Nutrition, Digestion, Excretion
• Brain, Nerves, Senses
• Comparative Data
• Comparative Data.