Schaum's Outline of Biology, Third Edition (Schaum's Outline Series)
George H. Fried(Brooklyn, NY) is a Professor of Biology at Brooklyn College.  He received his A.B.  from Brooklyn College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee at  Knoxville.  His research interests have centered on metabolic aspects of comparative physiology and the enzymatic factors in genetic and experimental obesities.  From 1983 to 1987 he served as chairperson of the Biology Department of Brooklyn College.  He has taught courses in general biology and animal physiology and has developed a course in Biology and Society during a 30-year teaching career.George J. Hademenos(Richardson, TX) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Dallas.  He received his B.S. with a combined major of physics and chemistry from Angelo State University, his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Dallas, and completed postdoctoral fellowships in nuclear medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and in radiological sciences/biomedical physics at UCLA Medical Center.  His research interests have involved biophysical and biochemical mechanisms of disease processes, particularly cerebrovascular diseases and stroke.