Cell Biology and Genetics (with BiologyNOW™-How Do I Prepare/vMentor™, InfoTrac 2-Semester, iLrn™ Printed Access Card) (Brooks/Cole Biology) [Paperback]

Cecie Starr (Author), Leslie Taggart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 19, 2005

This brief non-major biology text includes Unit 1 and Unit II from "Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life" and gives access to media through 1 Pass including "Biology Now", "How do I Prepare?", vMentor and Infotrac College edition.

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About the Author

For the past two decades, Cecie Starr has been known as one of the best-selling biology textbook authors. Her texts, appreciated for their clarity in both the written word and the visual representation of biological concepts, include multiple editions of Biology: the Unity and Diversity of Life, Biology: Concepts and Applications, and Biology today and Tomorrow. Her original dream was to become an architect. Instead of building houses, she now builds, with care and attention to detail, incredible texts based on this philosophy: "I invite students into a chapter through an intriguing story. Once inside, they get the great windows that biologists construct on the world of life. Biology is not just another house. It is a conceptual mansion. I hope to do it justice."

Leslie Taggart has developed more than one hundred college textbooks in the disciplines of college reading, developmental writing, first-year composition, linguistics, literature, and study skills. In addition, she has contributed chapters to college textbooks in the fields of English as a Second Language, literature, and rhetoric; coauthored an edition of a developmental writing text; and revised several texts, including two handbooks and a five-book composition series. Leslie has taught English as a second language at the high school level and English as a foreign language at an agricultural college in China. She has been a volunteer literacy tutor and spent two years tutoring in the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. Leslie earned the Master Practitioner certificate in Neuro-Linguistic Programming from the New England Institute of NLP.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 11 edition (September 19, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0495125784
• ISBN-13: 978-0495125785
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #945,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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For the past two decades, Cecie Starr has been known as one of the best-selling biology textbook authors. Her texts, appreciated for their clarity in both the written word and the visual representation of biological concepts, include multiple editions of Biology: the Unity and Diversity of Life, Biology: Concepts and Applications, and Biology Today and Tomorrow. Her original dream was to become an architect. Instead of building houses, she now builds, with care and attention to detail, incredible texts based on this philosophy: "I invite students into a chapter through an intriguing story. Once inside, they get the great windows that biologists construct on the world of life. Biology is not just another house. It is a conceptual mansion. I hope to do it justice."

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Used for Class, February 27, 2009

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This review is from: Cell Biology and Genetics (with BiologyNOW™-How Do I Prepare/vMentor™, InfoTrac 2-Semester, iLrn™ Printed Access Card) (Brooks/Cole Biology) (Paperback)

I can't say that I was particularly intrigued but needed this book for a class. It served its purpose.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars too many typos, bad editing, January 30, 2008

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Raul Arthur Buentello Jr. "cookee_monstr" (DFW, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cell Biology and Genetics (with BiologyNOW™-How Do I Prepare/vMentor™, InfoTrac 2-Semester, iLrn™ Printed Access Card) (Brooks/Cole Biology) (Paperback)

Book has good information, but there are too many typos, and definitions can be vague at times. Typos make it hard to read in some parts. Text often refers to figures or diagrams that have no relevance to the context, which makes it confusing and frustrating. Probably not the authors fault, but the editing is horrible.