The Penguin Dictionary of Biology

Harmondsworth. Middlesex.: Penguin, 1979. Previous owners name and date to inside cover. Slight wear to spine. In this dictionary the authors' aim is to explain biological terms which a layman may meet when reading scientific literature; to define the terms which a student of biology has to master at the beginning of his career - the thousand or so words which so grimly guard the approaches to the science; and to provide a reminder for the professional biologist reading outside his own narrow field. The entries are not restricted to a bare definition: some information about most of the things named is given, so as to convey something of their significance in biological discussion. The authors have tried, as it were, to interpret a foreign language as it is actually used. It would be wrong to reply on etymology as a guide to correct usage. The meaning of a Greek root many be unequivocal, but biologists are not talking Greek: they are using a living language, and the proof of the meaning is in the speaking. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Sixth Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback.