Photosynthesis

• Main Author: Tribe, Michael A (Author)
• Other Authors: Eraut, Michael, Snook, Roger K
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge [Eng.] Cambridge University Press 1975; ©1975
• Series: Basic biology course ; book 6 : Unit 3, Regulations within cells
• Subjects: Photosynthesis > Programmed instruction
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• Physical Description: viii, 77 pages illustrations 30 cm
• Bibliography: Bibliography: p. 77
• ISBN: 0521208203

Foreword: "This book is part of a Basic Biology Course for undergraduates written by the Inter-University Biology Teaching project team at Sussex. The main aim of the book is to show you how green plants and certain bacteria are able to capture the energy of sunlight and transform it into the reducing power and chemical "currency" necessary to synthesize sugars. An understanding of this vitally important process is essential for any biologist or biochemist, yet far too often it is neglected in many courses. It is as well to remember that there would be no biology without photosynthesis. In fact, it is only within the last twenty years or so that we have come to understand the major pathways involved. In the next twenty or so years perhaps an even deeper understanding of the process may enable us to increase photosynthesis yield and as a result possibly help solve the world's present problem of insufficient food. Book 6 is, in fact, one of five books comprising that part of the course called "Regulation within Cells". It is advisable that students have read Book 2. Book 6, in turn, provides a valuable follow-up to Ecological Principles.