An introductory biology text for undergraduate students, this book has now been updated for its fifth edition. It takes an integrated approach and, for each revision, new developments in biology are incorporated into the fabric of the text. Major parts of the text have now been reorganized and a wide range of ancillaries plus current research and information are included.
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Still the best Biological text,
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This book is timeless, and is still the best biological introduction and long term reference.
Keep this book once you have finished with it! Supplements other subjects just as well. Derek
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I'm just through reading the first half of Vol. 1, but I am so far impressed with its thoroughness and clarity. When I looked at other biology text books for self-study, many seemed padded with extraneous material and gimmicks. Worse, these texts talked down to the reader. "Biological Sciences" is not chatty in a forced attempt to be 'relevant' but instead makes demands on the reader without being willfully obscure. Even better, the pages are not full of fashionable white space, but packed with text. The only caveat I have is that since 1996, surely many developments have cropped up since this last edition. But for basics, this is top notch.
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Excellent preparation for the AP Test,
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This book is a treasure. I used it several years ago as a sophomore in high school to prepare for the AP Examination in Biology. Wonderfully illustrated, exceptionally written, and very easy to use! I got a "5" on the exam, which is the highest score attainable... I think that speaks for itself!
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Chapter 1 describes how science works and introduces the major organizing principles of biology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
permissive inducers, conjugation fungi, intrinsic isolating mechanisms, hydrostatic blood pressure, noncyclic photophosphorylation, coloring exercise, innate motor program, critical night length, pharyngeal slits, venule end, chromosomal puffs, provascular tissue, complete digestive tract, local chemical mediators, procaryotic cells, oxygen revolution, arteriole end, attached earlobes, proteinoid microspheres, jacket cells, sporophyte stage, true coelom, coacervate droplets, specialized receptor cells, photosynthetic autotrophs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Identifying Key Concepts, Making Connections, Objectives Test, Questions Testing, Answers Testing, Concept Map Map, Concept Maps Map, North America, United States, Hardy-Weinberg Law, New World, South America, Old World, San Francisco, Charles Darwin New!
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permissive inducers, conjugation fungi, intrinsic isolating mechanisms, hydrostatic blood pressure, noncyclic photophosphorylation, coloring exercise, innate motor program, critical night length, pharyngeal slits, venule end, chromosomal puffs, provascular tissue, complete digestive tract, local chemical mediators, procaryotic cells, oxygen revolution, arteriole end, attached earlobes, proteinoid microspheres, jacket cells, sporophyte stage, true coelom, coacervate droplets, specialized receptor cells, photosynthetic autotrophs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Identifying Key Concepts, Making Connections, Objectives Test, Questions Testing, Answers Testing, Concept Map Map, Concept Maps Map, North America, United States, Hardy-Weinberg Law, New World, South America, Old World, San Francisco, Charles Darwin New!
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- Biological Science by William T. Keeton in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on page 5
- How to Study in College by Walter Pauk in Front Matter
- How to Study by Walter Pauk in Front Matter
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on page 5
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- Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong by Jonathan Wells on 6 pages
- Science and Ethics by Bernard E. Rollin on page 17, page 147, and Back Matter
- Biodiversity: Exploring Values and Priorities in Conservation by D. J. Perlman on page 97, page 101, and Back Matter
- The Frankenstein Syndrome: Ethical and Social Issues in the Genetic Engineering of Animals (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy) by Bernard E. Rollin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Unheeded Cry by Bernard Rollin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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