Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology

by Sylvia S. Mader

Includes coverage of such topics as birth control and infertility, ageing, and human genetic disorders. The text includes more than 300 photographs and illustrations, clinical applications, boxed readings, references to pathological conditions and a special chemistry appendix.

448 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

In the past, Sylvia S. Mader, Ed.D. has written numerous biology textbooks for WCB/McGraw-Hill in addition to her most famous book, Inquiry Into Life, 16th edition. Her 30-year relationship with the company has yielded such titles as Human Biology, 16th edition; and Biology, 13th edition.

A brilliant and prolific writer, Dr. Mader was a respected and well-loved biology instructor before she began her writing career. In fact, she developed some of her well-known teaching and learning techniques while helping science-shy students appreciate and learn biology at Lowell University and Massachusetts Bay Community College.

Now, Sylvia is writing romance novels and has written Water Lily Blooms.