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- ISBN-10 : 0393631796
- ISBN-13 : 978-0393631791
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Brief chapters are written like science news articles, combining compelling science with intriguing stories. The Second Edition features NEW stories on exciting topics such as CRISPR and the human microbiome, and expanded coverage of the course’s most important content areas. Biology Now is written by an author team made up of a science writer and two experienced teachers. Expanded pedagogy in the book and online encourages students to think critically and engage with biology in the world around them.
Table of contents:
Unit 1: Science
Chapter 1 The Nature of Science: Caves of Death
Chapter 2 Evaluating Scientific Claims: Sex, Cancer, and a Vaccine (NEW STORY)
Unit 2: Cells
Chapter 3 Chemistry of Life: Breaking Good (NEW STORY)
Chapter 4 Life Is Cellular: Engineering Life
Chapter 5 How Cells Work: Rock Eaters
Chapter 6 Cell Division: Toxic Plastic
Unit 3: Genetics
Chapter 7 Patterns of Inheritance: Dog Days of Science
Chapter 8 Chromosomes and Human Genetics: Curing the Incurable (NEW STORY)
Chapter 9 What Genes Are: Pigs to the Rescue
Chapter 10 How Genes Work: Tobacco’s New Leaf
Unit 4: Evolution
Chapter 11 Evidence for Evolution: Whale Hunting
Chapter 12 Mechanisms of Evolution: Battling Resistance
Chapter 13 Adaptation and Speciation: Penguins on Thin Ice (NEW STORY)
Unit 5: Biodiversity
Chapter 14 The History of Life: The First Bird
Chapter 15 Bacteria and Archaea: Navel Gazing
Chapter 16 Plants, Fungi, and Protists: The Dirt on Black-Market Plants
Chapter 17 Animals and Human Evolution: Neanderthal Sex
Unit 6: Ecology
Chapter 18 Introduction to Ecology: Climate Meltdown (NEW STORY)
Chapter 19 Growth of Populations: Zika-Busting Mosquitos
Chapter 20 Communities of Organisms: Of Wolves and Trees
Chapter 21 Ecosystems: Here and Gone
Unit 7: Physiology
Chapter 22 Homeostasis, Reproduction, and Development: Baby Bust
Chapter 23 Muscular, Skeletal, and Digestive Systems: Made to Move (NEW STORY)
Chapter 24 Circulatory, Respiratory, Urinary, and Nervous Systems: Body (Re)Building
Chapter 25 Endocrine and Immune Systems: Testing the Iceman
Chapter 26 Plant Physiology: Amber Waves of Grain
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