Life science concepts are explored in this book, from genetics to animal families. The dictionary defines each topic in the framework of 80 or more related topics, so readers are able to grasp the meaning of words and come to understand the context in which they appear. In 1992 he was joint winner of the Copus Science Book Award for "How Nature Works".

 

There are 192 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 1994 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

David Burnie studied zoology and botany at the University of Bristol, and has worked

This book has the following chapters: Cells; the chemistry of life; inheritance and genetics; evolution; classifying living things; micro-organisms; plants; fungi; plant biology; animals; animal biology; ecology.