The title of this book is Life.
It starts off asking the question, "What is life?" and gives an introduction to reproduction, metabolism and population levels.
The book then moves on to consider diversity and the classification of species into domains and phyla.
Next we got a look at cells, their classification, structure and diversity as well as mitosis/meosis and both asexual and sexual reproduction.
Chapter five is an introduction to biochemistry. It explains polysaccharides, nucleic acids, enzymes and proteins in some detail.
We then look at how energy is created (photosynthesis) and used in metabolic processes in some depth.
The idea of energy utilisation is then extended from an individual to an ecosystem in chapter seven.
Chapter eight introduces genetic variation and inheritance as well as another look at meosis.
Chapter nine continues the variation theme by looking at genes and how they can become mutated.
The subject of genes is continued in chapter ten by looking at DNA and how errors can creep in.
Chapter eleven looks at how DNA is used in creating polypeptides and the genetic code.
There is another look at genetic mutation in chapter twelve.
Chapter thirteen looked at various genomes, as well as the projects to sequence the genomes of various creatures.
Chapter fourteen looks at Darwin's work on evolution and natural selection.
The final chapter, fifteen, looks at human evolution.
I found this to be a very long book and struggled to remain motivated through it. The TMA helped me consolidate my understanding of some of the topics covered (I know more about photosynthesis then I ever wanted to know) but it was still a slog.
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