Introduction to Modern Life Sciences

Author: Huang Shijian
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book is suitable for undergraduate students of various types of ordinary higher education institutions, as well as for graduate students, relevant scientific research personnel, and college teachers and students for reference. It is written in response to the needs of non-biology undergraduate and graduate students for understanding the development trends and hot topics in modern life sciences. In the writing process, it strives to combine fundamental knowledge and theories of life sciences with the forefront of disciplinary development, ensuring depth and breadth appropriate for the audience. It integrates biological knowledge and principles with scientific thinking methods, explains theories in an accessible manner, briefly introduces research methods and the application of results, reflects the interdisciplinary nature of life sciences with other disciplines, and proposes unresolved theoretical and technical issues. It aims to help non-biology major students recognize and understand life and modern life sciences, discover interdisciplinary connections, and spark their innovative thinking. The book is divided into 7 chapters, including Introduction, Basic Biology, Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules, Genomes and Cells, Neuroscience, Ecology and Population, Resources, and Environment, and Biotechnology.