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Achieving Science Literacy
On Standards and Diversity
Developing a Scientific Fact

Biological Sciences
Philosophy of Science
Science Literacy and Education


A Primer in Biology
The Molecules of Life
What is Metabolism?
All about Cell Membranes
How Drugs are Discovered
All about Nutrition

Where does Life Come From?
How Life Recognizes Itself
Complexity in Biology
The Mind-Body Connection
What is a Gene?
Is Biology a Statistical Science?

Infectious Diseases
Genetically Modified Food
Stem Cell Research
What is Cloning?
Man & Machine
Bioethics
Intelligent Design


Intended for the Advancement of Public Understanding of the Biological Sciences


What is Life
presents conceptual thinking in biology. While many current issues in biology are based on simple ideas, the elucidation of biological mechanisms that explain diverseaspects of life is challenging because cells and organisms are complex systems. To understand how biologists study the structure and function of living organisms one has to understand the relationship between experiment and theory. Such an understanding amounts to scientific literacy.

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