Colleen Belk and Virginia Borden Maier have helped students understand biology for more than twenty years in the classroom and over ten years with their popular text, Biology: Science for Life. The thoroughly revised Fifth Edition engages students with new storylines that explore high-interest topics such as binge drinking, pseudoscience, and study drugs. The book and MasteringBiology resources also help students develop scientific skills using new Working With Data figure legend questions and addresses common ...
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Colleen Belk and Virginia Borden Maier have helped students understand biology for more than twenty years in the classroom and over ten years with their popular text, Biology: Science for Life. The thoroughly revised Fifth Edition engages students with new storylines that explore high-interest topics such as binge drinking, pseudoscience, and study drugs. The book and MasteringBiology resources also help students develop scientific skills using new Working With Data figure legend questions and addresses common misconceptions with Sounds Right, But Is It? discussions in each chapter. This edition also offers a wealth of new "Flipped Classroom" activities and other resources to help professors enliven their classes and to help students assess their understanding of biology outside of class. KEY TOPICS: Can Science Cure the Common Cold? Introduction to the Scientific Method; Chemistry and Cells; Science Fiction, Bad Science, and Pseudoscience: Water, Biochemistry, and Cells; Is it Possible to Supplement Your Way to Better Health? Nutrients and Membrane Transport; Body Weight and Health: Enzymes, Metabolism, and Cellular Respiration; Life in the Greenhouse: Photosynthesis and Climate Change; Genetics;Cancer: DNA Synthesis, Mitosis, and Meiosis; Are You Only as Smart as Your Genes? Mendelian and Quantitative Genetics;DNA Detective: Complex Patterns of Inheritance and DNA Profiling; Genetically Modified Organisms: Gene Expression, Mutation, Stem Cells, and Cloning; Evolution; Where Did We Come From? The Evidence for Evolution; An Evolving Enemy: Natural Selection; Who Am I? Species and Races; The Greatest Species on Earth? Biodiversity and Classification; Ecology; Is the Human Population Too Large? Population Ecology; Conserving Biodiversity: Community and Ecosystem Ecology: Where Do You Live? Climate and Biomes; Animal Structure and Function; Organ Donation: Tissues and Organs; Binge Drinking: The Digestive and Urinary Systems; Clearing the Air: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems; Vaccination: Protection and Prevention or Peril? Immune System, Bacteria, Viruses, and Other Pathogens; Human Sex Differences: Endocrine, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems; Is There Something in the Water? Reproductive and Developmental Biology; Study Drugs: Brain Boost or Brain Drain? Brain Structure and Function; Plant Biology; Feeding the World: Plant Structure and Growth; Growing a Green Thumb: Plant Physiology MARKET: Intended for those who want to gain a basic knowledge of Introductory Biology.
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