Newly Updated, Botany: An Introduction To Plant Biology, Fourth Edition Provides An Current, Thorough Overview Of The Fundamentals Of Botany. The Topics And Chapters Are Organized In A Sequence That Is Easy To Follow, Beginning With The Most Familiar -- Structure -- And Proceeding To The Less Familiar -- Metabolism -- Then Finishing With Those Topics That Are Probably The Least Familiar To Most Beginning Students -- Genetics, Evolution, The Diversity Of Organisms, And Ecology.