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  • Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you:

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  • In-depth review of practices and applications Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores! Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.
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    • George H. Fried (Brooklyn, NY) is a Professor of Biology at Brooklyn College. He received his A.B. from Brooklyn College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His research interests have centered on metabolic aspects of comparative physiology and the enzymatic factors in genetic and experimental obesities. From 1983 to 1987 he served as chairperson of the Biology Department of Brooklyn College. He has taught courses in general biology and animal physiology and has developed a course in Biology and Society during a 30-year teaching career. George J. Hademenos (Richardson, TX) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Dallas. He received his B.S. with a combined major of physics and chemistry from Angelo State University, his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Dallas, and completed postdoctoral fellowships in nuclear medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and in radiological sciences/biomedical physics at UCLA Medical Center. His research interests have involved biophysical and biochemical mechanisms of disease processes, particularly cerebrovascular diseases and stroke.
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    • Schaum's Outline of Biology 3/e Part I: Fundamentals of Biology 1. The Basic Structure of Science 2. The Chemistry of Life: An Inorganic Perspective 3. The Chemistry of Life: The Organic Level Part II: Biology of the Cell 4. The Cullular Organization of Life 5. Energy Transformations 6. Photosynthesis Part III: Genetics and Inheritance 7. The Nature of the Gene 8. Cell Reproduction 9. The Mechanism of Inheritance 10. Control Mechanicsms in Genetics 11. Embryology 12. Animal Reproduction Part VI: Plant Biology 13. Basic Structure and Function in Vascular Plants 14. Interactions of Vascular Plants with Their Environment Part V: Animal Biology 15. Homeostasis: Regulation of Phsyiological Functions 16. Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System 17. The Excretory System 18. The Circulatory System 19. Immunology 20. The Respiratory System 21. Hormones and the Endocrine System 22. The Nervous System 23. The Musculoskeletal System: Support and Movement 24. Animal Behavior Part VI: Evolution and Ecology 25. Evolution: The Process 26. Ecology 27. Origin of Life Part VII: Biological Diversity 28. The Kingdom Monera (The Prokaryotes) 29. The Kingdom Protista 30. The Kingdom Fungi 31. The Kingdom Plantae 32. The Kingdom Animalia 33. The Primates
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