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Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Core Physiology - Matthew Tontonoz, Janet Vigna, Michele Shuster, Gunjan Sinha

Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Core Physiology

Buch | Softcover
700 Seiten
2014 | 2nd ed. 2014
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4641-5113-2 (ISBN)
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From the groundbreaking partnership of W. H. Freeman and Scientific American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of biology and its impact on the way we live. In this textbook, two experienced educators and a science journalist explore the core ideas of biology through a series of chapters written and illustrated in the style of a Scientific American article. Chapters don’t just feature compelling stories of real people—each chapter is a newsworthy story that serves as a context for covering the standard curriculum for the non-majors biology course.

Updated throughout, the new edition offers new stories, additional physiology chapters, a new Electronic Teachers’ Edition, and new pedagogy. This textbook is available with LaunchPad. LaunchPad combines an interactive ebook with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. See `Instructor Resources’ and `Student Resources’ for further information.

Michèle Shuster, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the biology department at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning and teaches introductory biology, microbiology, and cancer biology classes at the undergraduate level, as well as working on several K–12 science education programs. Michèle is involved in mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in effective teaching, preparing the next generation of undergraduate educators. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the Westhafer Award for Teaching Excellence at NMSU. Michèle received her Ph.D. from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University School of Medicine, where she studied meiotic chromosome segregation in yeast. Janet Vigna, Ph.D., is a professor in the biology department at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. She is a science education specialist in the Integrated Science Program, training and mentoring K–12 science teachers. Janet has 18 years of undergraduate teaching experience, with a special interest in teaching biology effectively to nonmajors. She has recently been recognized with the GVSU Outstanding Teacher Award. Her scholarly interests include biology curriculum development, the effective use of digital media in science education, and research on the effects of biological pesticides on amphibian communities. She received her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Iowa. Matthew Tontonoz is a science writer and independent scholar living in Brooklyn, New York. For ten years, he was a development editor for textbooks in biology before shifting his focus to writing. He is currently senior science writer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he covers advances in basic science and clinical cancer research. Matt received his B.A. in biology from Wesleyan University and his M.A. in the history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania. Gunjan Sinha has been writing about science for over a decade. Her articles have been published in Science, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, Scientific American, and several other magazines and journals. She holds a graduate degree in molecular genetics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and a graduate degree in journalism from New York University. She currently works as a freelance science journalist and lives in Berlin, Germany.

Chapter 1 The Process of Science
Java Report
Chapter 2 Chemistry and Molecules of Life
Mission to Mars

Chapter 3 Cell Function and Structure
Wonder Drug

M1 Milestones in Biology
Scientific Rebel

Chapter 4 Nutrition, Metabolism, Enzymes
The Peanut Butter Project

Chapter 5 Energy Flow and Photosynthesis
The Future of Fuel

Chapter 6 Dietary Energy and Cellular Respiration
Supersize Me?

Chapter 7 DNA Structure and Replication
Biologically Unique

M2 Milestones in Biology
The Model Makers

Chapter 8 Genes to Proteins
Medicine from Milk

M3 Milestones in BiologySequence Sprint

Chapter 9 Cell Division and MitosisNature's Pharmacy

Chapter 10 Mutations and CancerFighting Fate

Chapter 11 Single-Gene Inheritance and MeiosisRock for a Cause

M4 Milestones in Biology
Mendel's Garden

Chapter 12 Complex Inheritance
Q&A: Genetics

Chapter 13 Stem Cells and Cell Differentiation
Grow Your Own

Chapter 14 Natural Selection and Adaptation
Bugs that Resist Drugs

M5 Milestones in Biology
Adventures in Evolution
Chapter 15 Nonadaptive Evolution and Speciation
Urban Evolution
Chapter 16 Evidence for Evolution
A Fish with Fingers?
Chapter 17 Life on Earth
Q&A: Evolution
Chapter 18 Prokaryotic Diversity
Lost City
Chapter 19 Eukaryotic Diversity
Rain Forest Riches
Chapter 20 Human Evolution
Skin Deep
Chapter 21 Population Ecology
On the Tracks of Wolves and Moose
Chapter 22 Community Ecology
What's Happening to Honey Bees?
Chapter 23 Ecosystem Ecology
The Heat is On
Chapter 24 Sustainability
The Makings of a Green City

M6 Milestones in Biology
Progress or Poison?
Chapter 25 Overview of Physiology
Man versus Mountain
Chapter 26 Digestive System
Drastic Measures
M7 Milestones in Biology
Stumbling on a Cure

Chapter 27 Cardiovascular System
Death in Bogalusa

Chapter 28 Respiratory System
Peak Performance

Chapter 29 Central Nervous System
Smoke on the Brain

Chapter 30 Reproductive System
Too Many Multiples?

Chapter 31 Immune System
Viral Mysteries

Chapter 32 Plant Physiology
Q&A: Plants

Zusatzinfo 700 p.
Sprache englisch
Maße 229 x 279 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10 1-4641-5113-X / 146415113X
ISBN-13 978-1-4641-5113-2 / 9781464151132
Zustand Neuware
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