Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Contents
Discovery number 1: Using microscopes -- Discovery number 2 : Classifying life -- Discovery number 3: Photosynthesis -- Discovery number 4: Discovering extinction -- Discovery number 5: Chemistry of life -- Discovery number 6: Cell biology -- Discovery number 7: Natural selection -- Discovery number 8: Inheritance -- Discovery number 9: Using energy -- Discovery number 10: Primordial soup -- Discovery number 11: The structure of DNA -- Discovery number 12: Genetic engineering -- Discovery number 13: Black smokers -- Discovery number 14: Death of the dinosaurs -- Discovery number 15: Cloning -- Timeline.