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What Is Life? a Guide to Biology by Phelan, Jay
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- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
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- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 1464135959
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- What Is Life? a Guide to Biology
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 10.9in
- Publisher
- Freeman & Company, W&H
- Item Width
- 9.2in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 784 Pages
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From the front of the classroom to the top of the bestseller's list, award-winning educator Jay Phelan knows how to tell the story of how scientists investigate the big questions about life. He is also a master at using biology as a springboard for developing the critical thinking skills and scientific literacy that are essential to students through college and throughout their lives. Phelan's dynamic approach to teaching biology is the driving force behind What Is Life? --the most successful new non-majors biology textbook of the millennium. The rigorously updated new edition brings forward the features that made the book a classroom favorite (chapters anchored to intriguing questions about life, spectacular original illustrations, innovative learning tools) with new features, enhanced art, and full integration with its own dedicated version of LaunchPad--W.H. Freeman's breakthrough online course space, which fully integrates an interactive e-Book, all student media, a wide range of assessment and course management features, in a new interface in which power and simplicity go hand in hand. See what's in the LaunchPad
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Publisher
Freeman & Company, W&H
ISBN-10
1464135959
ISBN-13
9781464135958
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208601286
Product Key Features
Publication Name
What Is Life? a Guide to Biology
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
784 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
9.2in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qh501.P44 2015
Edition Number
3
Table of Content
Part 1 THE FACTS OF LIFE 1. Scientific Thinking Your best pathway to understanding the world 2. Chemistry Raw materials and fuel for our bodies 3. Cells The smallest part of you 4. Energy From the sun to you in just two steps Part 2 GENETICS, EVOLUTION, AND BEHAVIOR 5. DNA, Gene Expression, and Biotechnology What is the code, and how is it harnessed? 6. Chromosomes and Cell Division Continuity and variety 7. Genes and Inheritance Family resemblance: how traits are inherited 8. Evolution and Natural Selection Darwin's dangerous idea 9. Evolution and Behavior Communication, cooperation, and conflict in the animal world Part 3 EVOLUTION AND THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE 10. The Origin and Diversification of Life on Earth Understanding biodiversity 11. Animal Diversification Visibility in motion 12. Plant and Fungi Diversification Where did all the plants and fungi come from? 13. Evolution and Diversity among the Microbes Bacteria, archaea, protists, and viruses: the unseen world Part 4 ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 14. Population Ecology Planet at capacity: patterns of population growth 15. Ecosystems and Communities Organisms and their environments 16. Conservation and Biodiversity Human influences on the environment
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Life Sciences / Biology
Lccn
2014-952562
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Science
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