The Penguin Dictionary of Biology

基本信息

Michael Hickman, Michael Thain, C. J. Hickman (Compiled by), Michael Abercrombie (Compiled by), N. I. Johnson (Compiled by), Raymond Turvey (Illustrated by)

Series: DICTIONARY, PENGUIN

Format Paperback | 768 pages

Dimensions 129 x 198 x 32mm | 522g

Publication date 31 Dec 2004

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd

Language English

Edition Statement 11th ed.

Illustrations note w. figs.

ISBN10 0141013966

ISBN13 9780141013961

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

担心你的母性效应或者生物钟？需要知道根状茎和根茎的区别吗？你认为你的动物学或植物学考试会不及格吗？《企鹅参考书系列：生物学字典》是你的救世主，大约6000个相关术语，版本持续更新，内容丰富，从氨基酸，细菌和细胞周期到x射线衍射，Y染色体和合子。作为权威的单卷来源，这本字典已经售出20多万册，并在第11版进行了更新。

Worried about your maternal effect or biological clock? Need to know a rhizoid from a rhizome? Think you’re going to fail your zoology or botany exam? The Penguin Dictionary of Biology is your saviour, defining some 6000 terms relating to this rich, complex and constantly expanding subject – from amino acids, bacteria and the cell cycle to X-ray diffraction, Y chromosome and zygotes. Long established as the definitive single-volume source, this dictionary has sold over 200,000 copies and is extensively updated for its eleventh edition.

作者简介

Michael Thain has taught biology at Harrow since 1969. He is a fellow of the Institute of Biology and a council member of the London Natural History Society. Michael Hickman has been Professor of Botany at the University of Alberta, Canada, since 1981. He lives in Edmonton.