Biology - Softcover
Authorative, clear, and proven effective, Biology, by Sylvia S. Mader, covers all the core areas of biology. In addition to strong pedagogy, ample ties to technology, and the diverse, comparative approach you've come to expect from Mader, this edition boasts enhancements that continue to make this text a top-seller. Whether you teach non-majors or majors-Biology, is the resource for students of all learning styles.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill Inc.,US
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0072361301
- ISBN 13 9780072361308
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number6
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