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Photosynthesis

In the sixth edition of this book, originally published in 1999, readers are introduced to the fascinating processes going on in every leaf on the planet - processes fundamental to all life on Earth. Photosynthesis is explained clearly and concisely and the reader is given a set of simple practical experiments to perform.
Print Book, English, 1999
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999
xiv, 214 p., [16] p. de lam. : il. ; 23 cm
9780521644976, 9780521642576, 0521644976, 0521642574
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General preface to the series; Preface to the sixth edition; 1. Importance and role of photosynthesis; 2. History and progress of ideas; 3. Photosynthetic apparatus; 4. Light absorption and the two photosystems; 5. Photosynthetic electron transport and phosphorylation; 6. Carbon dioxide fixation: the C3 and C4 pathways; 7. Bacterial photosynthesis; 8. Research in photosynthesis; 9. Laboratory experiments; Appendix; Further reading; Index.
Publicado en colaboración con el Institute of Biology