Synopses & Reviews
Establishing biology as a dynamic discipline--not just a collection of facts--Life develops students--conceptual understanding of biological processes with impeccable scholarship, a smooth narrative, experimental contexts, spectacular art and effective pedagogy. In the streamlined new edition, you will find a strongly enhanced art program--with new features that zero in on the stages of key experiments and methodology, and that further clarify complex processes. Also for this edition: a new chapter on cell signaling, expanded coverage of plant and animal diversity, and an expansive, well-focused media/supplements package offering new components for students and new options for Instructors such as online quizzing and testing, new presentation tools, custom lab manuals, WebCT, and more. The Split Edition Life, 6/e is available divided into three convenient volumes that maintain the original pagination: Vol. I: The Cell and Heredity (Chapters 1, 2-19) Vol. II: Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology (Chapters 1, 20-33, 53-58) Vol. III: Plants and Animals (Chapters 1, 34-52)
Synopsis
Establishing biology as a dynamic discipline -- not just a collection of facts -- "Life" develops students' conceptual understanding of biological processes with impeccable scholarship, smooth narrative, experimental contexts, spectacular art and effective pedagogy. The streamlined Sixth Edition features a strongly enhanced art program, a new chapter on cell signaling, expanded coverage of plant and animal diversity, and an expansive, well-focused media/supplements package offering new components for students (Lecture Notebook) and new options for Instructors (online quizzing and testing, new presentation tools, custom lab manuals, WebCT, and more).
Synopsis
CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC., AND W. H. FREEMAN. More than any other general biology text, Life focuses students on the experiments that led to the discoveries that have shaped modern biology.