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I enjoyed reading this book, which would be very useful in relation to "How science works" sections of the syllabus.
It seems to be quite high in the Amazon best-seller charts! |
Although I have reviewed some of these books and DVDs personally, I have also included links to purchase these items via Amazon.co.uk. The BioTopics site is effectively maintained by this activity, as a small discount is channeled this way if you follow these links.
You can also follow these links (which open in separate windows) if you decide to buy your own choice of other products like CDs  , DVDs and portable electrical items
or even general science and nature books
from Amazon. In fact you can easily browse the full Amazon menu.
This is effectively an opportunity for you to support the BioTopics site, especially if you have not made a direct donation. |
Some classical Biological books |
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This GCSE Biology Edexcel Science Revision Guide is written in
the usual CGP zany style with plenty of colour and occasional diverting
comments to keep you going. However it covers the whole contents of the
full Biology GCSE - all 3 sections.
Also by CGP, the GCSE
Biology Edexcel 360Science Workbook
 has a
slightly different format: no colour, and spaces for you to write in
your own answers to tutorial style questions.
It also covers the whole contents of the full Biology GCSE - all 3
sections.
An answer book  is also available for this workbook.
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 GCSE Core Science Students' Book & ActiveBook CDROM 1 903133 368 8
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 GCSE Additional Science Students' Book & ActiveBook CDROM 978 1 903133 61 3 |
 GCSE Separate Science Students' Book & ActiveBook CDROM 978 1 846901 53 9 |
 Active teach Edexcel GCSE Science: Teachers' Active Teach CDROM 1 84690 104 9 |
 Active teach GCSE Additional Science: Teachers' Active Teach CDROM 978 1 84690 103 4 |
Active teach GCSE Science: Extension teachers' Active Teach CDROM 978-1846901546 |
Teacher's Guide & CD-ROM 1 901313 370 X |
Additional Science Teacher's Guide & CD-ROM 978 1 901313 62 0 |
Separate Science Teacher's Guide CD-ROM 978 1 864901 54 6 |
GCSE Science Copymaster file 1-90313-364-5 |
Additional Science Copymaster File & CD-ROM 978-1-903133-56-9 |
Extension
Copymaster file 978 1846901529 |
GCSE Additional Science Mark Management Tool 978-1846901065 |
 Hodder Murray GCSE Science student textbook endorsed by edexcel 978 0 340 90729 0 |
 Hodder Murray GCSE Additional Science student textbook endorsed by edexcel 978 0 340 90730 6 |
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far as I know, there is no Hodder Murray GCSE Separate/Extension Science student textbook for the Edexcel specifications |
 Hodder Murray Edexcel GCSE Science Higher Homework Book 978 0 340 91490 8 |
Hodder Murray Edexcel GCSE Science Foundation Homework Book 978 0 340 91489 2 |
Other material from Hodder Murray Hodder Edexcel GCSE Science: Evaluation Pack 0 340 92639 2 Edexcel GCSE Science Teachers Book ISBN - 9780340914861 Edexcel GCSE Science Interactive Presentations ISBN - 9780340925447 Edexcel GCSE Science Worksheet CD-ROM ISBN - 9780340914953 |
| I was quite interested in his recent TV series entitled "The Genius of Charles Darwin"
( 3 1-hour programmes) and I see it is available as a DVD, and also together with previous TV material. As yet no supporting book, but lots of other books (below).
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| Matt Ridley is a science writer who produces very readable books, not quite as reactionary as Richard Dawkins. He also has an interesting background. As well as being titled, he has been a journalist with the Economist and was non-executive chairman of Northern Rock from 2004 to 2007, in the period leading up to the bank's near-collapse. |
2006 Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code | 2003 Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, & What Makes Us Human, also later released under the title The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture in 2004 |
1999 Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters | 1996 The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation | 1993 The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature |
Amazon search page to do him justice.
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I have trawled out this review from the BioTopics archive because I have seen this book displayed more recently, and there have also been a number of different editions with supplementary illustrations etc.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (also known as a travel writer) is an impressive book which attempts to chart the development of the universe, planet Earth and life upon it, so it is a sort of compendium of science and history. Alongside this, the author brings out interesting facts about the scientists who made the discoveries, and their idiosyncracies and interactions. I was especially interested in the techniques employed to explain the scale involved in some of the stories. What I found especially uplifting was the way in which he was able to get to meet the people in the know (presumably as a result of his reputation gained in writing his other books), and pass on some fascinating conclusions. ISBN 0- 552 - 99704-8 |
A Guinea Pig's History of Biology focuses on the various organisms chosen by Biologists in their study, some of which were more fortunate choices than others. I have taken a long time reading this book - not much of a recommendation on the face of it. But as you get into it (i.e as it gets nearer to modern times from Darwin and Mendel onwards) it gets quite interesting and there is certainly a lot of detail about the key players in Biological Science, and their interactions at the research group level. |
| March of the Penguins is a very good wildlife video (not to be confused with others of a cartoon nature!) which covers the Emperor Penguins life on land.
Great for thinking about life in extreme conditions. Also included on the video are other sections about how penguins hunt (fascinating!), and some interesting background stuff - the camera crew got badly frostbitten!
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