Modern Dictionary of Life Sciences : Comprehensive and Illustrated Encyclopaedic Dictionary

"Life Sciences is the study of biology at a molecular level. The field overlaps with other areas of biology, particularly genetics and biochemistry. Molecular biology chiefly concerns itself with understanding the interactions between the various system of a cell, including the inter-relationship of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis and learning how these interactions are regulated.

Understanding the composition of cells and how cells works is fundamental to all of the biological sciences. Appreciating the similarities and differences between cell types is particularly important to the fields of cell and molecular biology. These fundamental similarities and differences provide a unifying theme, allowing the principles learned from studying one cell type to be extrapolated and generalized to other cell types.

This Modern Dictionary gives brief definitions of genetics, biochemistry, ecology, evolution and life sciences. But the book's intended audience and focus are also general. Very common terms are included, yet the definitions are in specialized terminology making it possible for lay readers to understand." (jacket)