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Dewey Decimal Number: 570
EAN num: 9780495309789
ISBN number: 0495309788
Label: Brooks Cole
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Page Count: 608
Printing Date: December 01, 2006
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Get a better grade with BIOLOGY, VOLUME I! With a clear and student friendly writing style, this biology text provides you with the tools you need to succeed. Hundreds of examples, Summary with Key Terms sections, Test Your Understanding questions, and Critical Thinking questions are just a few of the tools found throughout the text that will help you easily understand and retain the material. Take advantage of the book-specific website that contains additional questions, activities, and flashcards to help you prepare for exams.
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I think this is a very solid introductory biology text for science majors. Far from being a light pass through to get through a general science requirement, this book takes seriously the need to help those working to develop the fundamental skills in science. Biology is a rich science with a huge amount of vocabulary, a great many details to master, and connections to other fields such as chemistry and physics. It also becomes the foundation for most life science courses that will follow.
Solomon, Berg, and Martin have organized the material for maximum coherence without shying away from the requirements of learning a great many things during the course. They supply many helps to the student trying to get her mind around the material and support the professor in presentation to the students. They also supply online helps for the student and the professor. Thomson Learning also provides study guides and other materials available for purchase for those wishing to get supplementary help.
The 56 chapters are divided in 8 parts:
1) The Organization of Life (chs 1-6)
2) Energy Transfer Through Living Systems (chs 7-9)
3) The Continuity of Life: Genetics (chs 10-17)
4) The Continuity of Life: Evolution (chs 18-22)
5) The Diversity of Life (chs 23-31)
6) Structure and Life Processes in Plants (chs 32-37)
7) Structure and Life Processes in Animals (chs 38-51)
8) The Interactions of Life: Ecology (chs 52-56)
The authors have developed a learning system that they prize. It focuses on helping the student master the vocabulary and develop a framework for the generalized biological principles presented. They do this by providing clear learning objectives and expected outcomes for each chapter, part, and the course. They list in the introduction what they expect would constituted mastery of the material. It is too long to present here, but it makes sense for a general introductory text.
The chapters open with a list of several key concepts that will be presented in the chapter. Each section of material presented is given a clear and short learning objective. This helps the student focus on the point of the material and why they are learning it. And the text is beautifully illustrated. While they are aesthetically pleasing, they are also quite informative and aid learning. There is a serious pedagogic purpose to the colour photos, diagrams, models, and tables.
There are three themes that become a uniting feature of all the material in the book: evolution (adaptation) of life to changing conditions, the transmission of biological information, and the flow of energy through living systems. I think showing how all life is similar helps and makes the adaptations clear, while showing how the successful adaptation fully implements these key principles of life.
Each chapter has a summary, some questions to help the student test his understanding of the material, and some material and questions to develop critical thinking. I particularly like the sections on "analyzing data". This is where the student is asked to look at data and draw conclusions based on the material learned.
Very well done and something that will benefit many students. I also think a general reader who is motivated to supplement and update their understanding of science could read through this text on their own and gain a great deal. However, obviously, a talented professor will aid the student a great deal.
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