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Exploring the Way Life Works: The Science of Biology
Mahlon Hoagland, Bert Dodson, Judy Hauck
ISBN-13: 9780763716882
ISBN-10: 076371688X
$84.95 (Sugg. US List)
Paperback
384 Pages
© 2001
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- A concept-driven approach emphasizes broad, unifying themes so that students are able to grasp "the big picture" and achieve a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that underlie biological diversity.
- Strong emphasis on the tools and process of science shows students how we have discovered what we know so far about living systems and that research is a continuum in which one person's work builds on others and helps others.
- Doing Science boxes contain abstracts from current scientific papers that exemplify the application of basic concepts to ongoing reseach.
- Tools of Science boxes contain descriptions of the scientific tools used to discover and elaborate on basic concepts.
- Observing the Way Life Works are photographs and quotations, descriptions and depictions of nature by scientists and non scientist observers.
- Rich visual graphics, intertwined with imaginative analogies, and incisive explanations, transform the complex ideas and science of biology into a subject that is readily accessible, fascinating, and relevant.
- Stunning illustrations by expert Bert Dodson help students visualize complex biological processes and appreciate the beauty and unity of the living world.
- Imaginative analogies help students connect the familiar world of their own observations to the dynamic world of scientific discovery and exploration.
- Superbly written explanations clearly and eloquently describe the fascinating workings of nature - how life grows, develops, reproduces, and gets along - and the roles that observation and curiosity play in initiating the scientific process.
- Flexible organization and an extensive teaching package make it easy to adapt chapter material to multiple teaching styles and formats.
- Brief, concise self-contained chapters are easily supplemented with additional resources of an instructor's own choosing or from the Web links.
- Extensive PowerPoint presentations, including complete text outlines and art, as well as a full complement of additional material (e.g - an entire powerpoint presentation with text and art of cell structure and function), to help instructors expand upon the book's content.
- New to this Edition!Connections is an impressive Web site where students will find a number of exercises and links to other resources that expand on chapter material. Also available for instructors:
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A Teaching Forum where ideas and suggestions about approaches to teaching introductory biology can be exchanged.
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A growing library of contributed applications of biological concepts and abstracts from research papers.
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