Abstract :
This textbook consists of eight chapters in six sections. Each chapter contains well-referenced text, useful and relevant quotations, great examples, useful summaries, thought questions (referenced to the relevant section of the text), and a good sense of humor. It concludes with several useful appendices containing data on various organisms. This section is followed by a comprehensive list of references cited in the text. The approach taken in this book is refreshing, comprehensible, and comprehensive. It is recommended highly as a vehicle for teaching biology to engineers of most any ilk.
