Biology of Humans: Concepts, Applications, and Issues (Mastering Package Component Item)

Judith Goodenough

ISBN 10: 0321819438 / ISBN 13: 9780321819437

Published by Pearson Educacion, 2011

About this Item

4th revised edition edition. 624 pages. 10.79x0.79x8.98 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # zk0321819438

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biology of Humans: Concepts, Applications, and Issues (Mastering Package Component Item)
• Publisher: Pearson Educacion
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321819438
• ISBN 13: 9780321819437
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.18 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

A lively narrative andfriendly writing style guarantees to engage readers. Stunning illustrations, abundant applications, and tools to help readers develop critical-thinking skills make this a superior book. Focuses on how readers’ bodies work, addresses issues relevant to personal health, environmental aspects of human biology, and social concerns. Fosters an appreciation for the intricacy of human biology and the place of humans in the ecosphere. Features a new chapter on stem cells (Ch. 19). Includes new essays on topics such as Lead Poisoning, Scientific Misconduct, and Bird Flu, Estrogens, and Vaccines and Autism. A lively, current reference for anyone interested in learning more about human biology.

About the Author

Judy Goodenough
Judy received her B.S. from Wagner College (Staten Island, NY), and her doctorate from New York University. She has 30 years of teaching experience at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, specializing in introductory level courses. The insights into student concerns and problems–gained from more than 25 years of teaching Human Biology and 20 years of team-teaching The Biology of Social Issues–have helped shape this book. In 1986, Judy was honored with a “Distinguished Teaching Award.” In addition to teaching, she has written articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributed chapters to several introductory biology texts, and written numerous laboratory manuals. With the author team of McGuire and Jakob, she is preparing Perspectives on Animal Behavior.
 
Betty McGuire
Betty received her B.S. in Biology from Pennsylvania State University, where she also played varsity basketball. She went on to receive an M.S. and Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and then spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Her field and laboratory research emphasize the social behavior and reproduction of small mammals. She has published numerous research papers, co-authored the text Perspectives on Animal Behavior as well as several introductory biology study guides, and served as an Associate Editor for Mammalian Species, a publication of the American Society of Mammalogists. Betty taught Human Biology, Introductory Biology, Vertebrate Biology, and Animal Behavior at Smith College. She now teaches Mammalogy and The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolution at Cornell University.