Biology for Young Scientists

Biology for Young Scientists

by Tom JacksonHelen Watson and Ola Szpunar
Publication Date: 08/01/2026

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From top experts in the world of science comes this definitive and clear guide to biology, published in partnership with the Royal Society of Biology**.**


In Your Expert Guide: Biology for Young Scientists, discover the foundations of this crucial and exciting branch of science. Learn to think like a biologist, understand what makes up a living thing and explore the biological building blocks of everything around you - from the first organisms on Earth to the slime moulds in the forest, from the lab to the South Pole. Get an expert view of how biology underpins our understanding of life!


Published in partnership with The Royal Society of Biology, a renowned organisation dedicated to a world that values biology's contribution to improving life for all. With approachable artwork by Ola Szpunar, curious readers age 8+ can see biology come alive.


Books in the Your Expert Guide series:

With Royal Society of Chemistry: The Periodic Table / Chemistry for Young Scientists

With Royal Society of Biology: The Human Body / Biology for Young Scientists

With Institute of Physics: The Universe / Physics for Young Scientists

ISBN:
9781526328069
9781526328069
Category:
Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Publication Date:
08-01-2026
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson is a science writer based in Bristol, UK. Over the last 20 years, Tom has written books, magazine and newspaper articles, for online and for television on a wide range of subjects and has worked on projects with Brian May, Patrick Moore, Marcus de Sautoy and Carol Vorderman and for major international publishers, such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Scholastic, Hachette, Facts on File and BBC Magazines.

Tom studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working in zoos and as a conservationist. He's mucked out the polar bears and fed the penguins, planted trees in Somerset, surveyed Vietnamese jungle and rescued wildlife from drought in Africa. Writing jobs have also taken him to the Galapagos Islands, the Amazon rainforest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Today, Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children, and can be found mostly in the attic.

Available for download after 08/01/2026

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