Life: The Science of Biology (Volume 1)

David Sadava, Claremont Colleges, USA David is the Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology, Emeritus, at the Keck Science Center of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps, three of The Claremont Colleges. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor of Cancer Cell Biology at the City of Hope Medical Center. Twice winner of the Huntoon Award for superior teaching, Dr. Sadava taught courses on introductory biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, plant biology, and cancer biology. For the past 15 years, he has investigated multi-drug resistance in human small-cell lung carcinoma cells with a view to understanding and overcoming this clinical challenge, and his current work focuses on new anti-cancer agents from plants and fungi. David Hillis, University of Texas, USA David is the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor in Integrative Biology and the Director of the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also has directed the School of Biological Sciences. He has taught courses in introductory biology, genetics, evolution, systematics, and biodiversity. His research interests span much of evolutionary biology, including experimental studies of evolving viruses, empirical studies of natural molecular evolution, applications of phylogenetics, analyses of biodiversity, and evolutionary modeling. He is particularly interested in teaching and research about the practical applications of evolutionary biology. H. Craig Heller, Stanford University, USA Craig is the Lorry I. Lokey/Business Wire Professor in Biological Sciences and Human Biology at Stanford University. He is a recipient of the Walter J. Gores Award for excellence in teaching. His research is on the neurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms, mammalian hibernation, the regulation of body temperature, the physiology of human performance, and the neurobiology of learning. Dr. Heller has done research on a huge variety of animals and physiological problems ranging from sleeping kangaroo rats, diving seals, hibernating bears, photoperiodic hamsters, and exercising athletes. May Berenbaum, University of Illinois, USA May is the Swanlund Professor and Head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has taught courses in introductory animal biology, entomology, insect ecology, and chemical ecology and has received awards at the regional and national level for distinguished teaching from the Entomological Society of America. Her research addresses insect-plant co-evolution from molecular mechanisms of detoxification to impacts of herbivory on community structure. Concerned with the practical application of ecological and evolutionary principles, she has examined impacts of genetic engineering, global climate change, and invasive species on natural and agricultural ecosystems.

Part I: THE SCIENCE OF LIFE AND ITS CHEMICAL BASIS .- Studying Life.- Small Molecules and the Chemistry of Life.- Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Lipids .- Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life.- Part II: CELLS .- Cells: The Working Units of Life.- Cell Membranes.- Cell Communication and Multicellularity .- Part III: CELLS AND ENERGY .- Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism.- Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy.- Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight.- Part IV: GENES AND HEREDITY .- The Cell Cycle and Cell Division.- Inheritance, Genes, and Chromosomes .- DNA and Its Role in Heredity.- From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression.- Gene Mutation and Molecular Medicine .- Regulation of Gene Expression .- Part V: GENOMES .- Genomes.- Recombinent DNA and Biotechnology.- Differential Gene Expression in Development.- Development and Evolutionary Change.