Review
"Margulis and Schwartz have generated here that rarest of intellectual treasures—something truly original and useful . . . It is remarkable that no one had previously thought of producing such a comprehensive, obvious, and valuable document."—Stephen Jay Gould, from the Introduction
"A source for innocent and expert alike . . . There is no other comparable guide to the winding path of organic evolution overall . . . A terse visual index to the living library of 10 million species."—"Scientific American"
"A sampler of life that does its subject justice . . . Margulis and Schwartz could (and should) be on every biologist's shelves."—"New Scientist"
"Offers an illustrated reference to both microbes and macroscopic organisms. Brief essays introduce broad outlines of kingdoms and phyla. Entries on specific organisms give information on appearance, environment, relations to other organisms, and how scientists group them, and include b&w photos and diag --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"A source for innocent and expert alike . . . There is no other comparable guide to the winding path of organic evolution overall . . . A terse visual index to the living library of 10 million species."—"Scientific American"
"A sampler of life that does its subject justice . . . Margulis and Schwartz could (and should) be on every biologist's shelves."—"New Scientist"
"Offers an illustrated reference to both microbes and macroscopic organisms. Brief essays introduce broad outlines of kingdoms and phyla. Entries on specific organisms give information on appearance, environment, relations to other organisms, and how scientists group them, and include b&w photos and diag --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
The third edition of this work covers all the groups of living organisms, and has new concise introductory sections on the general features of each of the five kingdoms: bacteria; protoctista; animals; fungi; and plants - including background information and definitions. Photographs, some by Karlene Schwartz, drawings and brief essays describe representative members of each phylum. It should be of interest to students of biology, botany, zoology and other life sciences as well as professionals.
From the Publisher
Review and Contents
"Margulis and Schwartz have generated here that rarest of intellectual treasures - something truly original and useful. ... It is remarkable that no one had previously thought of producing such a comprehensive, obvious, and valuable document." Stephen Jay Gould
"Margulis and Schwartz have generated here that rarest of intellectual treasures - something truly original and useful. ... It is remarkable that no one had previously thought of producing such a comprehensive, obvious, and valuable document." Stephen Jay Gould
Contents:
Foreword: Stephen Jay Gould
Introduction
Superkingdom 1. Prokarya
Superkingdom 2. Eukarya
Kingdom Anamalia
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae
