内容简介
Renownedforitswritingstyleandtrendsettingart,BIOLOGY:THEUNITYANDDIVERSITYOFLIFE,13E,InternationalEditionengagesstudentswithrelevantapplicationsandencouragescriticalthinking.TheneweditionoffersanewLearningRoadmapineachchaptertohelpstudentsgainafullunderstanding.Studentsareabletofocusonkeyconcepts,makeconnectionstootherconcepts,andseewherethematerialisleading.Helpfullearningtoolslikethesection-ending"Take-HomeMessages"andtheon-pagerunningglossaryensuretheygraspkeypoints.Carefullybalancingaccessibilityandthelevelofdetail,theauthorsenablestudentstogobeyondrotememorizationandpreparethemtomakeimportantdecisionsinlifethatrequireanunderstandingofbiologyandtheprocessofscience.
作者简介
LisaStarrhasbeenresponsiblefortheincredibleartintheStarrbiologytextbooksformanyyears.ShehasworkedatasaresearchscientistatTheScrippsInstituteaswellasseveralotherinstitutions.Herareaofexpertiseisbiochemistry,molecularandcellbiology.Forthepasttwodecades,CecieStarrhasbeenknownasoneofthebest-sellingbiologytextbookauthors.Hertexts,appreciatedfortheirclarityinboththewrittenwordandthevisualrepresentationofbiologicalconcepts,includemultipleeditionsofBiology:theUnityandDiversityofLife,Biology:ConceptsandApplications,andBiologyTodayandTomorrow.Heroriginaldreamwastobecomeanarchitect.Insteadofbuildinghouses,shenowbuilds,withcareandattentiontodetail,incredibletextsbasedonthisphilosophy:"Iinvitestudentsintoachapterthroughanintriguingstory.Onceinside,theygetthegreatwindowsthatbiologistsconstructontheworldoflife.Biologyisnotjustanotherhouse.Itisaconceptualmansion.Ihopetodoitjustice."RalphTaggart,FormerChairofBiologicalSciencesatMichiganStateUniversity,RalphTaggertisnowthechairofGeologicalSciences.ProfessorTaggart,knownforhisoutstandingresearchinPaleobotany,hastaughtthegeneralbiologycourseforover20years.ChristineEvershasbeencreatingmultimediaandWeb-basedmaterialstosupplementStarrandothersciencetextsfortenyears.SheearnedherB.S.inBiologyfromSUNYStonyBrook.Afterworkingasaresearchassistantstudyingthedevelopmentalbiologyofslimemold,shewasawardedanN.S.F.fellowshiptoattendYale,whereshestudiedevolutionarybiologyandhoneybeebehavior.Shehasastronginterestinscienceeducationandservesasamemberofherlocalschoolboard.,,,,,
