Biology - Softcover

Mader, Sylvia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071288449 ISBN 13: 9780071288446

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2009

Synopsis

Biology is a comprehensive introductory biology textbook for non-majors or mixed-majors courses that covers biology in a traditional order from the structure and function of the cell to the organization of the biosphere. The book, which centers on the evolution and diversity of organisms, is appropriate for a one- or two-semester course. It's no wonder that Sylvia Mader's Biology continues to be a text that's appreciated as much by instructors as it is by the students who use it. The ninth edition is the epitome of Mader's expertise: Its concise, precise writing uses an economy of words to present the material as succinctly and clearly as possible, thereby enabling students -- even non-majors -- to understand the concepts without necessarily asking the instructor to explain further.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Earlier coverage and newly revised animal behavior and ecology section.
Tied to Technology: Explorations in Cell Biology and Genetics CD-ROM Explorations in Human Biology CD-ROM Dynamic Human CD-ROM Life Sciences Animation Videos.
New features add to the already outstanding pedagogy include "Health & Ecology Focus Boxes," which relate Biology to real-life applications and "Doing Science Boxes," which feature research cases to interest students as to how their studies can be applied.
"Connecting Concepts" at the end of each chapter.
Numbered section headings throughout the chapters.
Use of color coding in the art program for visual orientation.

About the Author:

Sylvia S. Mader has authored several nationally recognized biology texts published by McGraw-Hill. Educated at Bryn Mawr College, Harvard University, Tufts University, and Nova Southeastern University, she holds degrees in both Biology and Education. Over the years she has taught at University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Massachusetts Bay Community College; Suffolk University; and Nathan Mayhew Seminars. Her ability to reach out to science-shy students led to the writing of her first text, Inquiry into Life, which is now in its fifteenth edition. Highly acclaimed for her crisp and entertaining writing style, her books have become models for others who write in the field of biology.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0071288449
• ISBN 13: 9780071288446
• Binding: Paperback