Customer Reviews

Biology: Principles and Explorations

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This is the new edition of a decent line of Biology books. The older edition (the one with the brown turtle) was pretty informative, and made most concepts pretty clear. Diagrams were helpful, and it got me through the class.

THIS EDITION IS NOT THE SAME. This edition contains none of he useful diagrams, none of the information, and seems like they took out half the knowledge found in the old edition. This book is so heavily edited that most students will be struggling, even if they're trying to learn. If a student doesn't care, they have no chance of passing with this book.

My son is using this book in his freshmen 'intro to biology' course. This book is so incredibly difficult it rivals some of my advanced biology classes taken in college. The wording is complex and written at such a high level that even I have to re-read many sentences. Too many big words and complex ideas packed into a small space. The graphics are not very helpful. I would never consider buying this book if I was a science teacher. My son now hates science because of the complexity of the topics presented. Fine for a college level class, but for a freshmen bio?? Not a chance.

Our school doesn't have enough books for students to take home, only classroom copies. So it has improved my son's grades having his own copy to keep at home.

This is by far one of the worst textbooks I have ever seen in my life. The writers put no effort into making it clear for the reader to understand, and the multiple choice questions that my Biology teacher makes us do at the end of each chapter don't even nail key points, many of them are random. Not to mention I can't carry it in my backpack as my it's heavier than any book I've ever held.

If you're an educator and are considering to buy this book for your students, don't. It'll only make the students more stressed and frustrated.

I just finished my biology course for this semester and it was a major headache. My teacher wasn't very helpful and this book just confused me even more. It has way too much text and the book was clearly written from more than one person's perspective. The text is extremely dated. Reading it is choppy and difficult and will just make a struggling student's situation worse. Principles & Explorations looks at biology through a lens science discarded a long time ago.

This book is no good, my students never bring it to class and never crack it open, yet they still manage to recieve mostly A's and B's. Paying somewhat attention in class could help you just as much if not more than reading this nuisance of a book!!!
If it wasn't for the superindendant of our school district this book would have found itself in the dumpster,(...)

At dunwoody high biology is very hard at least in my class. This book didn't make it any easer weighing in at 250lbs i would do whatever it took not to lug this thing to and from school. So I got the cd. I still have to carry the book to class and the cd stinks anyways. I also find the concepts a little uh poorly written. This book stinks. I'm hoping however to try and work around it and pull my grade up. I just hope the next class won't have to deal with that aweful book.

If you're a teacher wanting to buy this book, DON'T! It is so heavy, I would find any way I could not to have to shove the stupid thing in my backback. It does not explain things well,and it made freshman year accel. biology MISERABLE!

I received excellent service when I ordered this book online through Amazon. The service made it easier to obtain an item that would have taken much more time that I cannot spare. The item received was just as expected--in excellent condition. I would recommend this service to all. Amazon takes away the worries of difficulties/problems that could easily arise.