Description
This second edition provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the Core and Extended IGCSE Biology curriculum, including both Core and Supplement material.
In particular:
there is additional information on topics such as clinical trials, B and T lymphocytes, infertility, performance-enhancing hormones, fluoridation of water supplies, impact of hunting and overfishing, global warming, biofuels and global travel and disease
a chapter on applied genetics draws together and expands the information on selective breeding, genetic engineering, cloning, genetic fingerprinting and the human genome project
a chapter on conservation covers extinction and the conservation of species, genes. habitats and resources
a chapter on ecosystems includes information on adaptations and factors which affect communities
there is a chapter on the development of biological ideas, and the principal contributors to these ideas from Galen to Watson and Crick
questions from recent IGCSE examination papers have been included
a final chapter on observation and experiment looks at the type of questions that can be investigated scientifically and the nature of evidence.
ISBN:9780340981863
