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Snedden, Robert

The World of the Cell: Life on a Small Scale

48 pp. | Heinemann | October, 2002 | Library ISBN 1-58810-676-4 $$27.86 | Paper ISBN 1-58810-938-0 $$8.50
(4) 4-6 Cells and Life series. In an organized fashion and using standard textbook language, these series books offer accurate introductions to topics ranging from genetics to human organs to evolution. The books cover a lot of ground (some of it inevitably overlapping) but in a fairly cursory way. Most of the books conclude with a chart, such as an evolutionary diagram, that pulls together the information that precedes it. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these Cells and Life titles: Animals, Cell Division and Genetics, The Diversity of Life, DNA and Genetic Engineering, and The World of the Cell.]
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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