Biology

Things to read ...

Books

• The Diversity of Life – Edward O. Wilson

• This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World – Ernst Mayr 

• The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher – Lewis Thomas

• Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters – Matt Ridley

• Y: The Descent of Men – Steve Jones

• DNA: The Secret of Life – James Watson

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Skloot

• The Double Helix: Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, Watson

• Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code, Ridley

• Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human, Ridley

• The Selfish Gene, Dawkins

• The Origin of Species, Darwin

• The God Delusion, Dawkins

• Unnatural Selection, Hvistendahl

• Regenesis, Church

Genetics

•  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Skloot, R.

•  The Language of the genes. Jones, S.

•  The Serpent’s Promise. Jones, S

•  In the blood. Jones, S.

•  Y: the Descent of Men. Jones, S.

•  Genome. Ridley, M.

Evolution

•  The Beak of the Finch. Weiner, J

•  Almost Like a Whale. Jones, S.

•  A Devil's Chaplain. Dawkins, R.

•  The Selfish Gene. Dawkins, R.

•  The Blind Watchmaker. Dawkins, R.

•  Wonderful Life. Gould, SJ.

•  Dinosaur in a Haystack. Gould,

•  Trilobite. Fortey, RA.

•  The Rise and fall of the Third Chimpanzee. Diamond, J.

•  The Ancestor's Tale. Dawkins, R.

•  The Thinking Ape: Evolutionary Origins of Intelligence. Byrne, R.

•  The Kiwi's Egg; Charles Darwin and Natural Selection. Quammen, D.

•  The Greatest Show on Earth. Dawkins, R.

•  The Seven Daughters of Eve. Sykes B.

Physiology

•  Why Elephants Have Big Ears. Lavers, C.

•  The Energy of Life. Brown, G.

•  Keep on Running. Newcastle Leech Duester 

•  Power, sex, suicide: mitochondria and the meaning of life. Lane, N.

•  Oxygen. Lane, N.

•  Life at the Extremes. Frances Ashcroft

Immunology

•  Immunology: A Comparative Approach. Turner RJ

•  Friendly Fire: Explaining Auto-immune disease. Isenerg, E.

Neuroscience/Psychology

•  The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Sacks, O.

•  An Anthropologist on Mars. Sacks, O.

•  Awakenings. Sacks, O.

•  Mapping the Mind. Carter, R.

•  How the Mind Works. Pinker, S.

•  The Brain Story. Greenfield, S.

Microbiology

•  Missing microbes: Martin Blaser

•  Gut: The inside story of the body’s most underrated organ: Guilia Enders

Journals

• The Biologist from the Royal Socity of Biology (RSB)

• New Scientist
  Covers the latest developments in science and technology, with cutting edge news and reports written in concise and clear language.  Read online or download the magazine from Hertfordshire Libraries via the Libby App.

• BBC Science Focus Magazine
  Explains the theory behind scientific phenomena and brings science to life. Read online or download the magazine from Hertfordshire Libraries via the Libby App.

Things to watch ...

• What is takes to crush a pandemic - TED talk by global health strategist Johanna Benesty.

• RI Science from The Royal Institution features thought-provoking lectures. 

Things to listen to ...

• Nature podcast - A weekly podcast from Nature magazine.

• Inside Science (BBC) - Dr Adam Rutherford and guests illuminate the mysteries and challenge the controversies behind the science that's changing our world. 

• Discovery (BBC) - Great science based explorations. 

• In Our Time: Science (BBC) - Explores scientific principles, theory and the role of key figures in the advancement of science. 

• The Infinite Monkey Cage Brian Cox hosts a weekly science show taking a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes. 

• The Naked Scientists - podcast

• Oxford Sparks by Oxford University features science podcasts (and videos).

• The Science of Everything podcast

• Science in Action weekly round-up from the BBC of science news. 

• Science Vs takes on fads, trends, and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not and what’s somewhere in between. 

• Science Weekly from The Guardian looks at the big discoveries and debates in biology, chemistry, physics. 

• ScienceMag Podcast 

• Lectures from the University of Oxford

• Back Garden Biology (University of Oxford)

Websites

• www.biologymad.co.uk - an excellent site with lots of useful links 

• www.mrothery.co.uk - another excellent site

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxUHVv2k31uTOiCm4njuRfQ - McGraw-Hill animations are excellent at explaining complex concepts

• “Biology Carol” on youtube.com - she is a biology tutor who has made some excellent videos to help with revision. 

• The British Medical Association [http://ww.bma.org.uk] 

• Mednar [http://mednar.com/mednar/desktop/en/green/search.html] medical search

• Science.gov [http://www.science.gov] US Government scientific information

• Vadlo [http://www.vadlo.com] life sciences

• Worldwide Science [http://worldwidescience.org] science

Places to visit ...

• What is takes to crush a pandemic - TED talk by global health strategist Johanna Benesty.

• RI Science from The Royal Institution features thought-provoking lectures. 

Careers ...

• What is takes to crush a pandemic - TED talk by global health strategist Johanna Benesty.

• RI Science from The Royal Institution features thought-provoking lectures. 

Activities

Year 11 into 12 summer transition work 

GCSE to A Level Biology Transition Booklet