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A Civic Biology, Presented in Problems

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

A Civic Biology, Presented in Problems

George William Hunter

479 pages~9 hr 33 min read34 chapters$4.99
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The famous textbook that put living things into a social context, asking not just what an organism is but how it fits the web around it. George Hunter walks students through the environment of plants and animals, their interrelations, and the functions that keep them alive. A landmark of early biology teaching. See life as a system, not a list.

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34 chapters

  1. 1A CIVIC BIOLOGY
  2. 2Presented in Problems
  3. 3FOREWORD TO TEACHERS
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5A CIVIC BIOLOGY
  6. 6I. THE GENERAL PROBLEM—SOME REASONS FOR THE STUDY OF BIOLOGY
  7. 7II. THE ENVIRONMENT OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
  8. 8III. THE INTERRELATIONS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
  9. 9IV. THE FUNCTIONS AND COMPOSITION OF LIVING THINGS
  10. 10V. PLANT GROWTH AND NUTRITION. CAUSES OF GROWTH
  11. 11VI. THE ORGANS OF NUTRITION IN PLANTS—THE SOIL AND ITS RELATION TO THE ROOTS
  12. 12VII. PLANT GROWTH AND NUTRITION—PLANTS MAKE FOOD
  13. 13VIII. PLANT GROWTH AND NUTRITION—THE CIRCULATION AND FINAL USES OF FOOD BY PLANTS
  14. 14IX. OUR FORESTS, THEIR USES AND THE NECESSITY FOR THEIR PROTECTION
  15. 15X. THE ECONOMIC RELATION OF GREEN PLANTS TO MAN
  16. 16XI. PLANTS WITHOUT CHLOROPHYLL IN THEIR RELATION TO MAN
  17. 17XII. THE RELATIONS OF PLANTS TO ANIMALS
  18. 18XIII. SINGLE-CELLED ANIMALS CONSIDERED AS ORGANISMS

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