Biology: Concepts and Applications [with Infotrac & CD-ROM]

by Cecie Starr

This best-selling text is designed to help students understand biology by engaging them in learning in every way possible. The book's extensive array of multimedia resources enriches the book's hallmark features: unique visuals on every page, applications in every chapter that show how biology is inextricably linked to everyday life, and activities and resources throughout the book that encourage critical thinking and spark curiosity in biological investigation. CD-ROM and segments on the FREE accompanying interactive CD-ROM, as well as CNN Today Videos, Web links, and reading from the InfoTrac College Edition library are all integrated with the text to support, illuminate, and reinforce the text. Cecie Starr's visuals work hand in hand with her clear writing. Each basic concept appears as a one- or two-page concept spread. This format helps student focus on information in manageable easy-to-understand segments. Main points are laid out clearly, summarized, and reinforced by visuals. The carefully written transitions between Concept Spreads help students grasp how each concept fits into the whole story. In the process, students develop an understanding of biology's amazing diversity and underlying unity.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biology, Science, Reference, Textbooks, School, Education

880 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

For the past two decades, Cecie Starr has been known as one of the best-selling biology textbook authors. Her texts, appreciated for their clarity in both the written word and the visual representation of biological concepts, include multiple editions of BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, and BIOLOGY TODAY AND TOMORROW. Her original dream was to become an architect. Instead of building houses, she now builds, with care and attention to detail, incredible texts based on this philosophy: "I invite students into a chapter through an intriguing story. Once inside, they get the great windows that biologists construct on the world of life. Biology is not just another house. It is a conceptual mansion. I hope to do it justice."

Reviews

[Serena Yates · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is required reading for the first two semesters of the general arts and sciences course I am currently taking as preparation for a BA Science degree at university level. It is an excellent text at beginners/medium level and explains the basic concepts of modern biology in 44 chapters. The National Geographic pictures and multiple graphs add a visual element to the text, and the application examples at the end of each chapter give a very useful link to reality and current concerns in biology. I also loved the chapter summaries and self-test exercises because they were a quick way to test my understanding and excellent preparation for the tests and finals.

Recommended for anyone interested in biology who wants more than the very basics and is looking for a text that makes scientific ideas come alive.

[Matthew Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cool National Geographic pics, touching on several areas across the spectrum of fields in biology.

[Whitney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Using for Bio class this semester (Fall 2008 & Fall 2007)

[Sanjay]

i am in tansion about zoology