Customer Reviews

Biology

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This book covers fundamental concepts of genetics, ecology, biochemistry, cladistics, evolution, radiometric dating, cellular division, descriptions of all of the body systems and how they compare to those of other animals, etc...over 1000 pages of useful knowledge for Bio majors and interested laymen. Some people gave this book a low rating..well, almost every single one was due to a complaint concerning the seller of the book...REMEMBER RATE THE QUAILTY OF THE PRODUCT not the seller!!!

This book is what my Biology teacher recommended most on a list of similar books for the class. This particular book is easy to read and contains more illustrations than most Biology books, thus making the class much easier to learn in. Any student who is currently taking Biology should look into reading this book.

This book gives good understanding of Baisc Biology. The topics are in detail and cover almost every aspect of Basic Biology. Good for BIOLOGY CLEP Exam.

I just stumbled across this textbook today as I was reorganizing my stuff, and I it gave me some bad flashbacks! This is a very, very comprehensive book, but that can be a problem in certain situations.

A couple years ago, I decided to make a drastic career change that required me to take a lot of prerequisite courses. The first class I took was Intro to Cell/ Molecular Biology. Many students in the class were taking this course as one of their first science courses.

To get straight to the point: This book is way, way, way overkill for an "intro" class. First of all, it's much too big and expensive. There's no way a class will ever get through the entire thing in one semester. It's just too big and expensive for the purposes of intro Biology.

One undeniable thing about this book is that it contains A LOT of information and A LOT of detail. BUT, here's the thing: It's just too much detail for an intro course. I ended up learning a lot, but it was a lot harder than it needed to be. Since then, I've take several higher level courses. That's how I know that the book isn't well suited for intro classes.

The MAIN problem I have with this book is the language. The verbiage is as clear as mud. There's little attempt at simplifying concepts and language. It seems as if these authors went out of their way to sound really, really smart! I fancy myself as having good reading comprehension, but reading this book was like torture to me.

I'm not sure who the intended audience was supposed to be for this textbook, but the language seems to be geared more towards higher level students. The language is not conducive to learning for someone who has little background. I've read a lot of textbooks, and this was the only one that actually made me feel stupid!

Book arrived in a timely matter: I ordered it on Saturday, around 6pm, received Monday 8am. (! Ordered on Holiday weekend. Asked for 1 day shipping). Great Book condition: clean pages, just scratches on the cover) . 5 stars to the SELLER. I can not ask for the better order service. Extremely satisfied!!! Thank you!

The book arrived earlier than it said it would, which was a plus! It was in even better condition than I expected. Couldn't have been happier with it!

The book was clean and as good as a new book. For the ones who look for the new addition (the white cover), I would like to let u know that this book also works and you dont need to pay more to get the new addition.

This book is exactly suit for my needs. I amazed about the quick dilivery. I am highly satisfied about this purchase.

We were required to purshase this for our Bio class. It came very quickly, so great customer service. Unfortunately, I easily could of gotten away with not buying a book at all. I learned to wait to see if books are really necessary for certain classes! Seemed like a good book though!

I was very pleased with the condition that my book was in and on the timely mannor of arrival.