human biology

Contains a collection of thirty ideas for experiments and projects exploring various aspects of biology, covering topics such as seed germination, chromatography, food preservatives, cellular respiration, and operant conditioning, Includes charts, diagrams, and illustrations.

Examines, both in scientific and ethical terms, genetic research, experiments in freezing, the development of artificial body parts, and progress in transplanting human organs.

Follows a family of five--father, mother, daughter, son, and baby--through twenty-four hours, revealing what occurs at the microscopic level as they go about the business of an ordinary day.

Explains the chemical, physical, and biological forces at work, largely unseen, in the everyday world, discussing matter and motion, gravity, electricity, light, rust, evolution, vaccines and viruses, and many other topics, and including photographs and illustrations.

Describes the nature of the body's cells, protoplasm, tissues, organs, and systems, and explains how they work.

Discusses differences and similarities in human beings, how we got to be the way we are, and why we do the things we do.

Contains a collection of facts and activities that examines such things as what makes up the human body, details about genes and cells, why some people have allergies, and information about personality traits.

Science journalist Hannah Holmes provides an in-depth examination of how humans fit into and stand apart from other species in the animal kingdom, which begins with her own reflection in the mirror.

Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang help present hundreds of scientific facts about the animal kingdom in a question and answer format.