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Biology: Science for Life
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Biology: Science for Life Paperback - 2009

by Colleen Belk; Virginia Borden Maier

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The Third Edition of Biology: Science for Life continues to draw students into biology through engaging stories that make difficult topics more accessible and understandable. Colleen Belk and Virginia Borden strive to make teaching and learning biology a better experience from both sides of the desk. The authors draw from their teaching experiences to create a text with a flowing narrative and innovative features that require students to become more active participants in their learning. Each chapter presents the material through a story that draws from real life examples, making the reading more engaging and accessible to today’s students. These stories strive to demystify topics found in biology. The Third Edition of this book features a completely re-designed art program and uses the authors’ teaching experiences to create student-centered features such as the new Savvy Reader, Visualize This, and Stop and Stretch to motivate and encourage student learning. The new A Closer Look allows instructors the opportunity to expand on certain important biological topics. For instructors who would like to cover Animal Structure and Function and Plant Biology, an alternate edition of this book, Biology: Science for Life with Physiology, is also available.

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  • Title Biology: Science for Life
  • Author Colleen Belk; Virginia Borden Maier
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 3rd ed.
  • Pages 419
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, ^^ In Stock: We Ship At Once Fr. Il Usa;
  • Date 2009-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780321559593 / 0321559592
  • Weight 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.7 in (27.18 x 21.34 x 1.78 cm)
  • Reading level 1320
  • Library of Congress subjects Biology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008041338
  • Dewey Decimal Code 570

Table of contents

1. Can Science Cure the Common Cold? Introduction to the Scientific MethodI. CHEMISTRY AND CELLS2. Are We Alone in the Universe? Water, Biochemistry, and Cells3. Diet. Cells and Metabolism4. Life in the Greenhouse: Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration, and Global WarmingII. GENETICS5. Cancer: DNA Synthesis, Mitosis, and Meiosis6. Are You Only as Smart as Your Genes? Mendelian and Quantitative Genetics7. DNA Detective: Complex Patterns of Inheritance and DNA Fingerprinting8. Gene Expression, Mutation and Cloning: Genetically Modified OrganismsIII. EVOLUTION9. Genetically Modified Organisms: Gene Expression, Mutation, and Cloning10. An Evolving Enemy: Natural Selection11. Who Am I? Species and Races12. Prospecting for Biological Gold: Biodiversity and ClassificationIV. ECOLOGY13. Is the Human Population Too Large? Population Ecology14. Conserving Biodiversity: Community and Ecosystem Ecology15. Where Do You Live? Climate and Biomes

About the author

Colleen Belk and Virginia Borden Maier have been colleagues and collaborators for more than thirteen years. Both authors have adopted teaching styles at their respective universities, the University of Minnesota Duluth and St. John Fisher College, that capitalize on students' natural curiosity about high-interest topics such as dieting, global warming, and organ donation to effectively teach fundamental course topics such as cell biology, photosynthesis, and physiology. Their classroom experience has informed every chapter to help students understand biological principles, develop critical thinking skills, apply biology to their own lives, and make the introductory course more enjoyable from both sides of the desk. In addition to Biology: Science for Life, Colleen and Virginia are co-authors of Biology: Science for Life Laboratory Manual and Human Biology.

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