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Biology: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)

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For the money you can't beat Steven Daniel Garber's biology book, "Biology: A Self-Teaching Guide." He has done what virtually no one has ever been able to do. Explain biology in clear, succinct, beautiful brushstrokes that actually get each and every important concept and term across to both the casual reader and the frantic student trying to cram before the next exam. Garber has a knack for telling a story. Any story. Be it about insect blood or about impulses traveling down a nerve cell. He only says what the reader must know. No frills. But he always says it beautifully. In a manner that actually makes this book hard to put down. Now tell me the same thing about another biology book in the history of the world. I'll bet you can't. He's the best technical writer ever. And I mean ever.

I found this book to help me to clarify the concepts learned in my biology textbook. Cell biology, Evolution, Origin of Life and Animal Physiology were explained with simple language. It was actually more enjoyable to read then my textbook. What I really found outstanding was the following which I got on amazon--
The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations (Volume 1 isbn;1933023007, Volume 2 isbn; 1933023015, Volume 3 isbn; 1933023023)
These 3 study guides had similar questions to my college biology exams. Well worth the investment because it made my studying much more effective.

When I decided to go back to school for nursing! I really needed to prepare, in advance, before I got into a class where credit counted! I studied this book for the past 4 months in anticipation of a class I am taking in the Fall. I feel very prepared as a result of this book.

This is a fantastic self-study college level biology for those of us who have not cracked open a biology text in years. The end chapter tests help it gel all the more. If you are entering college and want to do better or want to clep out, this is the book for you. I wanted to bone up for my life science certification test for secondary teachers here in Texas. This book made it much easier to tackle this subject some twenty years later.

I received this book in a timely manner and in perfect condition. The price was right as well. I highly recommend this seller for these kind of self-help books.

Certainly a summary, as advertised ... and for a senior who wants to revisit biology it's fine. However, the illustrations are not necessarily close to the descriptions, sometimes the text reads like bad translation (from ??), and each chapter badly needs an overview.

My uncle is the author of this book, and he gave me a copy, and it helped me a whole hell of a lot in my Biology class! It cut things down right to the point and the vocab words with the quizzes were actually fun to do! I love this book!!!!!!!