02338cam a2200373 i 4500 497534240 TxAuBib 20210323120000.0 040728s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004017808 9780780807785 0780807782 9781578591503 pbk. 1578591503 pbk. (OCoLC)56086050 TxAuBib rda The handy biology answer book [Print] / James Bobick ... [et al.]. 1st ed. Detroit : Visible Ink Press, 2004. xxxiv, 565 pages : ill. ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The Handy Answer Book Life itself and today's hottest science are examined in The Handy Biology Answer Book. From the newsworthy (What are stem cells? What is genetically modified food and why is it so controversial?) to the practical (Does antibiotic soap really help reduce infection? How does caffeine affect cells? How many kinds of mushrooms are edible?) and the curious (What is the most dangerous poison produced by a plant?), Handy Biology answers 1,600 questions about human, animal, and plant biology. You’ll find answers to such intriguing questions as: What is cell cloning? What is DNA and RNA? When and how did cells first evolve? Can two blue-eyed people have a brown-eyed child? How serious a disease is influenza? Do overweight children have a greater risk of being overweight adults? What is an atom? Why are some fats “good”? and others “bad”? Why do humans need cholesterol? How do birds know to fly south in winter? Can the environment determine the sex of an animal? When was the first microscope developed? 20070409. Biology Miscellanea. Bobick, James E. The Handy Answer Book. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004017808.html Table of contents https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0711/2004017808-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0711/2004017808-d.html Publisher description TXTLL