false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178901032m/851045.jpg 851045 23 <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>KEY MESSAGE: </B>Hailed for its clear writing, scientific accuracy, and real-world examples, <B>Essential Biology with Physiology </B>is a brief non-majors biology text that focuses on the core concepts readers need to make scientifically informed decisions throughout their lives. The book covers four major topics—cells, genetics, evolution/diversity, and ecology—followed by nine chapters on animal and plant physiology. Human applications and the most up-to-date information on important issues show readers how biology relates to their own lives. New Process of Science sections within the text draw readers into the material and provide real-world examples of how the scientific method is applied. <B> </B>Biology Today CELLS: Essential Chemistry for Biology, The Molecules of Life, A Tour of the Cell, The Working Cell, Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food, Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food. GENETICS: Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells, Patterns of Inheritance, The Structure and Function of DNA, How Genes are Controlled, DNA Technology. EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY: How Populations Evolve, How Biological Diversity Evolves, The Evolution of Microbial Life, Plants, Fungi, and the Move onto Land, The Evolution of Animals. ECOLOGY: The Ecology of Organisms and Populations, Communities and Ecosystems, Human Impact on the Environment. ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function, Nutrition and Digestion, Circulation and Respiration , The Body's Defenses, Hormones, Reproduction and Development, Nervous, Sensory, and Motor Systems. PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: The Life of a Flowering Plant, The Working Plant. <B> </B>For all readers interested in a biology text that focuses on the core concepts readers need to make scientifically informed decisions throughout their lives.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"></P> 1399255 2000 Essential Biology with Physiology (2nd Edition) total:6|5:1|4:0|3:3|2:2|1:0| 6 18 23 4 851045 0805368418 9780805368413 5 4 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178901032m/851045.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/851045.Essential_Biology_with_Physiology 2 0 false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 19:28:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 19:54:50 -0700 2009
Overall, one could make an argument that it deserves more than two stars because it's not really worse than typical college textbooks. I don't buy that.

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