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A marvelous compendium: accurate, clear and complete. (Matt Ridley, author of "Genome")"
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Worried about your maternal effect or biological clock? Need to know a rhizoid from a rhizome? Think you’re going to fail your zoology or botany exam? The Penguin Dictionary of Biology is your saviour, defining some 6000 terms relating to this rich, complex and constantly expanding subject – from amino acids, bacteria and the cell cycle to X-ray diffraction, Y chromosome and zygotes. Long established as the definitive single-volume source, this dictionary has sold over 200,000 copies and is extensively updated for its eleventh edition.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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A simple to use Dictionary of Biological terms, covering all aspects of biology. The descriptions of the scientific terms used are clear and concise, not confusing as can happen with textbook longwinded descriptions.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this for my Girl Friend, and we have looked up a variety of words that have come up at Uni and this book didnt have it but the Oxford Dictionary of Biology did... what can i say.... Oxford seems to be better! The Oxford is also bigger and slightly cheaper - do i need to say more...
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great addition to anybodies personal library. The first thing that struck me about this dictionary are the suggestions for further reading at the bottom of almost each entry. This dictionary is so thorough that I find myself flicking from one entry to another reading them like chapters in a novel at times.
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