Principles of Life

Price, Mary V., Hill, Richard W., Hillis, David M., Sadava, David E.

ISBN 10: 1464109478 / ISBN 13: 9781464109478

Published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2013

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Synopsis:

The First Edition pioneered the focus on core concepts and competencies that is revolutionising biology textbooks. The Second Edition combines new features with trusted features from the First Edition to make the book even stronger. This text cuts through the excessive detail and factual minutiae to focus on what matters most in biology today.
Well esteemed authors within the biology field, David Hillis and David Sadava, worked on remaking a text that would fit the modern biology classroom. Main features include chapter opening stories that set up an interesting question in a recognisable real-world setting for your students. The investigation figures describe a key experiment and hypothesis that students have to analyse and work with given data to come to conclusions. Principles of Life is available with LaunchPad. LaunchPad combines an interactive ebook with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing.  See ‘Instructor Resources’ and ‘Student Resources’ for further information.

About the Author: David M. Hillis is the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor in Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also has directed the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and the School of Biological Sciences. Dr. Hillis has taught courses in introductory biology, genetics, evolution, systematics, and biodiversity. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, awarded a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship, and has served as President of the Society for the Study of Evolution and of the Society of Systematic Biologists.

David E. Sadava is the Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology, Emeritus, at the Keck Science Center of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps, three of The Claremont Colleges. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor of Cancer Cell Biology at the City of Hope Medical Center. Twice winner of the Huntoon Award for superior teaching, Dr. Sadava has taught courses on introductory biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, plant biology, and cancer biology.

Richard W. Hill is Professor in the Department of Zoology at Michigan State University and a frequent Guest Investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Michigan.

Mary V. Price is Professor of Biology, Emerita, at the University of California, Riverside and Adjunct Professor in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. In “retirement,” she continues to teach and study, having learned the joy and art of scientific discovery as an undergraduate student at Vassar College and doctoral student at the University of Arizona.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Principles of Life
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2nd Edition