Biology: The Whole Story

Lindsay Turnbull is Professor of Plant Ecology at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at The Queen's College, Oxford. She loves teaching and has been a secondary school science teacher as well as Director of Undergraduate Biology Teaching. She has published scientific papers on a wide range of topics, including plant ecology, interactions between legume plants and their nitrogen-fixing bacteria and plastic pollution on remote islands. Her favourite animal is (probably) the sea hare. Biology: The Whole Story is her first book.

Dr Cécile Girardin is a scientist and artist. As an artist, she is passionate about illustrating science stories. Cécile has produced murals, animations and a wide range of illustrations for UNFCCC, UN Biodiversity, IIED, Oxford University Press, the Global Canopy Programme, the Sumatran Orangutan Society and the British Ecological Society.