Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences (In 6 Volumes)

The Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences is carefully organized and written in scholarly and comprehensive language. It combines the usefulness of a reference work with the readability of a browsing book, perfect for any one attuned to the splendour of our material world. It emphasizes the salient facts of anatomical, histological, embryological, physiological and evolutionary concept of various facets of animals. New concepts and early ideas are brought together to secure an integrated approach to facts and principles. It provides a new look at a wide range of problems in vertebrate as well as higher invertebrate revolution including studies on both fossil and recent species.It will make itself immediate useful to students. It provides a nucleus around which the teacher can plan a successful course without too much bearing on complementary and supplementary readings. The book will be useful to of specialists and will appeal to a wide audience. It is concise, comprehensive and systematic. Even as general a book as this must reflect to a large degree the particular interest of its authors. The theme of this book is novel and for the first time the various chapters have been organized reviewing the available literature on the various animals. All the chapters have been profusely illustrated with photomicrographs, line diagrams, graphs and tables.