A Practical Course In Biology PDF Download

Excerpt from Practical Biology Practical Biology offers a simple, workable, attractive, flexible, and teachable course in Biology. Simplicity is a feature of the book. The language is simple, not technical, and the style is easy, flowing, and colloquial. The pupil is assisted by many mechanical helps. Small cuts or larger pictures illustrate each new topic and there are many charts and maps. The practical aspects of Biology are emphasized. A study is made of the economic value of plants and animals, and of the characteristics which make them beneficial or harmful to mankind. The attractive illustrations, many of which were made especially for the book, are a feature of the Biology. In addition to the cuts and pictures which illustrate the text, there are portraits of the leading biologists of the world, with brief accounts of their lives and of their contributions to the subject. The flexibility of the book enables teachers to begin with the study of animals or with the study of plants. A number of features help to make Practical Biology teachable. (a) The paragraphs are short, and there are summaries and questions at the end of each chapter. (b) Well-known types like the grasshopper and the bean plant are studied first, and the treatment passes from the known to the unknown. (c) The pronunciation and derivation of technical names are given in the text the first time the names occur (d) There is an introduction defining the common scientific terms used in the study of Biology. (e) Optional field work and students reports are provided for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.