Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications with bind in OLC card

Cunningham, William P, Cunningham, Mary Ann

ISBN 10: 0072509317 / ISBN 13: 9780072509311

Published by McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications with bind in OLC card
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072509317
• ISBN 13: 9780072509311
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

As environmental science textbooks have gotten larger and more encyclopedic over the years, an increasing number of instructors have called for a smaller, less expensive book that concentrates on the core principles of the discipline. "Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications" emphasizes how science can help us find solutions for important environmental issues. While not attempting to describe every possible environmental dilemma or scientific field of study, this text focuses on the major topics we face and how scientists search for answers to questions about them. Students are provided a solid grounding in scientific principles and then encouraged to think analytically and creatively on their own.

About the Author

William Cunningham is a professor of cell biology at the University of Minnesota. He received a B.S. degree in biology from Southwest Texas State College in 1959 and a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Texas in 1963. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at both the Wenner Gren Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and Purdue University. He holds memberships in many biological/educational societies and organizations and has received numerous honors and awards. Dr. Cunningham has devoted himself to education and teaching development at the undergraduate level in biology. He began his educational career in structural biology but for the last 10-15 years has concentrated on environmental science, teaching courses such as Social Uses of Biology; Garbage, Government, and the Globe; Environmental Ethics; and Conservation History. Within the past four years, he has received both of the two highest teaching honors that the University of Minnesota bestows -- The Distinguished Teaching Award and a $15,000 Amoco Alumni Award. This year he is serving as Faculty Mentor for younger faculty at the university, sharing the knowledge and teaching skills that he has gained during his distinguished career.