Biology: The Essentials

Hoefnagels Dr., Mari�lle

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ISBN 10: 0077491025 ISBN 13: 9780077491024

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2012

Biology: The Essentials: Marielle Hoefnagels presents up-to-date information using a scientific approach and relevant examples to illustrate the basic biological concepts. Marielle's focus on evolutionary processes and implications aid a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of Biology, which will help students make connections and grasp the importance and relevance of biology in their lives. Biology explained your way - In writing this book Marielle has maintained a Total Focus On The Student and what they need to be successful in this course by providing the tools and direction needed to support understanding and learning, not memorizing. Her primary goal has been to simplify the more complicated biological content to the elements that students need to actually understand it. Want To Deliver An Essential Overview? The early sections of the chapters serve as an overview that introduces the importance and overall result of the process but skips the detail. Want To Deliver a Bit Mo

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About the Author:

Mari�lle Hoefnagels is an associate professor in the Department of Biology and the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology at the University of Oklahoma, where she teaches courses in introductory biology, mycology, and science writing. She has received the University of Oklahoma General Education Teaching Award and the Longmire Prize (the Teaching Scholars Award from the College of Arts and Sciences). She has also been awarded honorary memberships in several student honor societies. Dr. Hoefnagels received her BS in environmental science from the University of California at Riverside, her MS in soil science from North Carolina State University, and her PhD in plant pathology from Oregon State University. Her dissertation work focused on the use of bacterial biological control agents to reduce the spread of fungal pathogens on seeds. In addition to authoring Biology: The Essentials and Biology: Concepts and Investigations, her recent publications have focused on creating investigative teaching laboratories and integrating technology into introductory biology classes. She also maintains a blog on teaching nonmajors biology, and she frequently gives presentations on study skills and related topics to student groups across campus.

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