Principles of Life

by David M. Hillis, David E. Sadava, H. Craig Heller

For sample chapters, a video interview with David Hillis, and more information, visit . Sinauer Associates and W.H. Freeman are proud to introduce Principles of Life . Written in the spirit of the reform movement that is reinvigorating the introductory majors course, Principles of Life cuts through the thicket of excessive detail and factual minutiae to focus on what matters most in the study of biology today. Students explore the most essential biological ideas and information in the context of the field’s defining experiments, and are actively engaged in analyzing research data. The result is a textbook that is hundreds of pages shorter (and significantly less expensive) than the current majors introductory books.

Genres: Science, Biology, Ecology

915 pages, Hardcover

First published December 15, 2010

About the author

David Mark Hillis is an American evolutionary biologist, and the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor of Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is best known for his studies of molecular evolution, phylogeny, and vertebrate systematics. He created the popular Hillis Plot depiction of the evolutionary tree of life.

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High level questions that engage students thinking about content.