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Other Title: That is life "Putting the buzz back into biology!"--Cover Includes index The meaning of life : What is life? -- How life began -- The building blocks of life -- Down to basics -- Inside a cell -- Green energy -- Requirements for -- The variety of life : Six kingdoms -- So many species -- Evolution of life -- Growing up green -- Things that come up in the night -- All creatures great -- --and small -- Teeny tiny world -- Living together : World of plenty -- Part of the system -- life zones -- Unusual alliances -- Eat and be eaten -- The clean-up crew -- Keeping the balance -- Secrets of survival : Home sweet home -- Defending your patch -- Part of the gang -- Life in the colony -- The need to breed -- Dress for success -- Deadly weapons -- Taking liberties -- The long trek -- Life beneath the waves -- Scattering the seed -- The other side of life : The ultimate animal? -- You are not alone -- Life at the extremes -- Weird but wonderful -- Out of this world