What is Life A Guide to Biology with Physiology, Prep U Access Card and Student Success Guide - Hardcover

Phelan, Jay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 142924688X ISBN 13: 9781429246880

Publisher: W. H. Freeman, 2010

Synopsis

Written by an accomplished teacher, practicing biologist, and internationally best-selling author, What Is Life? A Guide to Biology was developed to engage students who may never take another biology course-future business owners, lawyers, teachers, poets, etc. Drawing on his extensive classroom experience, Jay Phelan focuses on clearly articulating key concepts and eliminating unnecessary detail and topics-without introducing inaccuracies from simplification. What Is Life? prepares students to talk confidently and knowledgeably about science with their friends, to be intelligent consumers of scientific information, and to make responsible decisions about scientific issues. Now, What Is Life? A Guide to Biology with Physiology includes chapters on plant and animal physiology. Visit the What Is Life? preview site at www.whfreeman.com/phelanpreview

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About the Author

Jay Phelan teaches biology at UCLA, where he has taught introductory biology in large lectures for majors and non-majors for twelve years. He received his Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from Harvard in 1995, and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Yale and UCLA. His primary area of research is evolutionary genetics, and his original research has been published in Evolution, Experimental Gerontology, and the Journal of Integrative and Comparative Biology, among others. His research has been featured on Nightline, CNN, the BBC, and National Public Radio; in Science Times and Elle; and in more than a hundred newspapers. He is the recipient of more than a dozen teaching awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. H. Freeman
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 142924688X
• ISBN 13: 9781429246880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English