Campbell Essential Biology

by Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Jane B. Reece

For non-majors biology courses. Develop and Practice Science Literacy Skills Teach students to view their world using scientific reasoning with Campbell Essential Biology. The authors’ approach equips your students to become better informed citizens, relate concepts from class to their everyday lives, and understand and apply real data, making biology relevant and meaningful to their world and futures. The new edition incorporates instructor feedback on what key skills to highlight in new Process of Science essays and uses striking infographic figures in conveying real data to help students see and better understand how science actually works. New author-narrated Figure Walkthrough Videos appear in each chapter and guide students through key biology concepts and processes. New topics in Why It Matters inspire curiosity and provide real-world examples to convey why abstract concepts like cell respiration or photosynthesis matter to students. This edition’s unmatched offering of author-created media supports students in the toughest topics with 24/7 access through the enhanced Pearson eText , embedded QR codes in the print text, and Mastering Biology .
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Genres: Science, School, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Biology

544 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2009

Reviews

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boring text, but I loved the pictures.

Seriously, this is a decent biology textbook. The chapter on cellular respiration was horrible and over-simplified, and one of the pictures has a mistake that confused me for hours until my prof clarified in class that the picture is wrong. There's also a picture of a bacon cheeseburger that is slathered in mayo, and the caloric content is stated as 400 calories?!? The periodic table of the elements was worthless and was missing major information. But overall it's a good text for learning the basics of biology for those intending to go into a medical field; many of the "real world" examples have to do with the pathology of diseases such as cancer and sickle cell anemia.

[Lydia · Rating 5 out of 5]

The textbook I read was taken from this book. It’s a great intro to evolutionary biology and when recently going through our books before moving, I decided to read it again.

[⟡ brittney ⟡]

lol i never want to see this book again in my life after the nightmarish class it put me through

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I dislike Biology but this book actually did help explain key concepts to me. The Mastering Biology that comes online with it is a little confusing since many of the questions do not seem to be covered in the text. However, for studying this text really would clear things up for me with the detailed explanations and thorough pictures. The pictures were the best part. Also, I feel like the textbook is at a good pace where you are not overloaded with too much information in just one chapter.

[Sab · Rating 3 out of 5]

this textbook was not my favorite, maybe its because I HATE biology but I feel like the book did not to a great job of explaining all of the terms. The pictures were great and the chapter reviews were pretty good but the book was just so wordy.

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is for my (you guessed it!) freshman college biology course. I will be breaking out this book next year for the second half of my iology course.

[Samantha Portwine · Rating 2 out of 5]

For using the mastering biology part of this with the book, it doesn't help at all. Not a bad a book but didn't help with my exams and labs.

[Harley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot