Length4h 59m
About this audiobook
What does it mean to be alive?
Biology: The Foundations of Life takes you from a single atom to a living, breathing human body, and it is designed from the first word to be heard, not read. No diagrams to look at. No tables to memorize. Just clear storytelling, vivid analogies, and everyday examples that build pictures in your mind.
Discover how simple chemistry becomes the molecules of life, how a cell works like a bustling city, how energy is captured and spent, how DNA stores instructions and turns them into proteins, and how trillions of cells organize into tissues, organs, and systems that keep you in balance.
Perfect for curious beginners, students, and anyone who wants to understand how their own body works, without drowning in jargon.
Science, Designed for Listening.
Audiobook details
GenreEducation and Learning, Science and Nature
Length4 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
2Chapter One - What Is Life?
3Chapter Two - The Chemistry of Life
4Chapter Three - The Molecules of Life
5Chapter Four — The Cell: The Basic Unit of Life
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6Chapter Five — Inside the Eukaryotic Cell
7Chapter Six — The Cell Membrane and Cellular Transport
8Chapter Seven - Energy and Cellular Respiration
9Chapter Eight - DNA: The Molecule of Life
10Chapter Nine - From DNA to Proteins
11Chapter Ten - Cell Division and the Continuity of Life
12Chapter Eleven - From Cells to Tissues
13Chapter Twelve - From Tissues to Organ Systems
14Chapter Thirteen - Homeostasis: Keeping Life in Balance
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