Biology

Yael Avissar, Jung Ho Choi, Connie Rye, Jean DeSaix, Vladimir Jurukovski, Robert R. Wise

Openstax College, Rice University

2013

1479 páginas

2d 1h 18m

ISBN-13: 9781938168093

Biology is grounded in an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand. To meet the needs of today's instructors and students, some topics have been condensed and combined; for example, phylogenetic trees are presented in the various ways they are currently being developed by scholars, so instructors can adapt their teaching to the approach that works best in their classroom. The book also includes an innovative art program that incorporates critical thinking and clicker questions to help students understand--and apply--key concepts