Biology - Use290018 - Hardcover

Mader

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 069721818X ISBN 13: 9780697218186

Publisher: Brown (William C.) Co ,U.S., 1996

Synopsis

An introductory college text covering principles of biology from cell structure to the organization of the biosphere, for nonscience and beginning science majors. Contains internal and chapter summaries, figures referenced on-page, boxed features, critical thinking case studies, multiple-choice self-quizes, questions, and a glossary. Comes with a student notebook with color diagrams of images from available transparencies. This fifth edition contains new material on evolution, systematics, and botany, expanded graphical explanations, and Greek and Latin derivatives for terms. Another ISBN is also associated with this book: ISBN 0-697-29001-8. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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

Peter H. Raven, Ph.D., is director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Engelmann professor of botany at Washington University at St. Louis. He oversees the garden's internationally recognized research program in tropical botany--one of the world's most active in the study and conservation of imperiled tropical habitats. Raven's botanical research and work in the area of tropical conservation have earned him numerous honors and awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship. He has written 17 textbooks and more than 400 articles, and he is a member of th National Academy of Science and the National Research Council.

George B. Johnson, Ph.D., is a professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis and a professor of genetics at the university's School of Medicine. He is a prolific author of life science texts and curriculum products in a variety of media. New to his list of works are the Explorations of Human Biology CD-ROM and the textbook Human Biology, both offered by Wm. C. Brown Publishers. Johnson is acknowledged as an authority on population genetics and evolution variability, and he has published more than 50 research papers dealing with these and related topics. Visitors to the St. Louis Zoo can appreciate Johnson's work in the Living World, the educational center of which he is the founding director.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brown (William C.) Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 069721818X
• ISBN 13: 9780697218186
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5