Biology: Science for Life with Physiology

By Virginia Borden Maier and Colleen M. Belk

Book Overview

NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MasteringBiology does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MasteringBiology search for ISBN-10: 0321918371/ISBN-13: 9780321918376. That package includes ISBN-10: 0321922212 /ISBN-13: 9780321922212 and ISBN-10: 0133923452/ISBN-13: 9780133923452 .

For non-majors biology courses.
Compelling and relatable stories engage students in learning biology Colleen Belk and Virginia Borden Maier have helped students understand biology for more than twenty years in the classroom and over ten years with their popular text, Biology: Science for Life. The thoroughly revised Fifth Edition engages students with new storylines that explore high-interest topics such as binge drinking, pseudoscience, and study drugs. The book and MasteringBiology resources also help students develop scientific skills using new Working With Data figure legend questions and addresses common misconceptions with Sounds Right, But Is It? discussions in each chapter. This edition also offers a wealth of new "Flipped Classroom" activities and other resources to help professors enliven their classes and to help students assess their understanding of biology outside of class. Also available with MasteringBiology(R) MasteringBiology is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product proven to improve results by helping students quickly master concepts. Students benefit from self-paced tutorials that feature personalized wrong-answer feedback and hints that emulate the office-hour experience and help keep students on track. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain tough course concepts. New assignment options for the Fifth Edition include Interactive Storyline activities, Working with Data questions, Savvy Reader: Evaluating Media activities, and more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321922212
• ISBN13: 9780321922212
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 1.1" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

It did it's job!

This book is a great general guide through science for life. Gives you the run down on cells, genes, dna, planet history, Etc.

ENJOY reading Biology again (from someone who has seen a lot of boring books!)

I've taught introductory Biology for non-science majors using many textbooks including Campbell Concepts, Mader's Inquiry, Pratt's BioInquiry, and so on. They all have their strengths, but they all lack that unique feature needed to learn any subject. A book has to be INTERESTING AND READABLE (accessible). Look no further. If Belk and Borden was sitting on your couch at home and you had even a remote interest in Biology, you would pick it up and read out of sheer curiosity. This is not a comprehensive book but it covers the major areas we typically teach non-science majors in freshman Biology. You can read this book and start talking confidently with your friends about a lot of topics like ADHD, Recreational Drugs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Mad Cow Disease, Does Race have a Genetic Origin?, Did We Really Evolve from Apes?, Cures for the Common Cold?, and Can the Earth Support Our Population? There's a common phrase among professors which goes something like, "I don't care how much science I cover in my lectures; I don't care how much science they learn in my class. What I care about is how much science they remember one year from now." We also want our students to come away having practiced how to systematically evaluate and question any topic or fact. Science is a collection of facts but more importantly, it's a method of systematic inquiry. This book has a fantastic chapter on scientific method and scientific thinking that anyone can read which is critical. Myself and another colleague have said..."now that we've taught from Belk and Borden, we can never go back to the standard textbooks again!"

Future Social Worker

This book explains the concept of human biology in a way that even someone, such as myself with no interest what-so-ever in the subject finds it very interesting. What really surprises me is that I still feel that I know the information long after the course has been completed!