Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life

by Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine A. Evers

By using an issues-oriented approach, the new edition of this respected text grabs student interest with real-life issues that hit home. This text includes new coverage and pedagogy that encourages students to think critically about hot-button issues and includes outstanding new features that take students beyond memorization and encourage them to ask questions in new ways as they learn to interpret data. Show students how biology matters - Biology's connections to real life are reflected in every chapter of this new edition, beginning with opening Impacts,Issues essays--a brief case study on a biology-related issue or research finding and is revisited throughout the chapter, reminding students of the real-world significance of basic concepts. Additional, online exercises promote critical thinking about issues students will face as consumers, parents, and citizens. Link concepts from chapter to chapter - Links to Earlier Concepts appear near the Key Concepts, to help students remember

Genres: Science, Reference, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Biology

905 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

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

[Chris Gager · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another substitute for an Amazon delete. Represents a biology course for Lib. Arts majors I took at CU. Date is approximate.

[Chris Seltzer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This remains a decent introduction to the topic of biology. Even as the field has evolved and changed over time the basics remain the same.

[Manuel A. Crespo-Rodríguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used this text for my two biology classes a couple of years ago. It's an excellent reading.