Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Physiology
Fourth Edition| ©2021 Michele Shuster; Janet Vigna; Matthew Tontonoz
From the groundbreaking partnership of Macmillan Learning and Scientific American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of biology and its impact on the way we live.
Available for the first time with Macmillans new online learning tool, Achieve, Biology for a Ch...
From the groundbreaking partnership of Macmillan Learning and Scientific American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of biology and its impact on the way we live.
Available for the first time with Macmillans new online learning tool, Achieve, Biology for a Changing World explores the core ideas of biology through 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.
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From the groundbreaking partnership of Macmillan Learning and Scientific American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of biology and its impact on the way we live.
Available for the first time with Macmillans new online learning tool, Achieve, Biology for a Changing World explores the core ideas of biology through 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.
Achieve is Macmillan’s new online learning platform that supports educators and students throughout the full range of instruction, including assets suitable for pre-class preparation, in-class active learning, and post-class study and assessment. The pairing of a powerful new platform with outstanding biology content provides an unrivaled learning experience.
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- Each chapter of Biology for a Changing World is written in the style of a Scientific American article. This story-based approach grabs student interest and teaches the relevance of biology and why it matters to students.
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- Milestone mini-chapters highlight historically important discoveries in biology. These present biology as a living science by teaching students how we know what we know, and prompting them to consider how future research will expand our understanding of biology.
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- End-of-chapter questions, each written by Michele Shuster, are framed around the chapter’s Driving Questions; each EOC set includes Interpreting Data, Mini-Case, and Bring It Home questions to help students develop higher-order thinking skills.
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- Added 134 Interactive Video Assignments designed for pre-lecture; these engaging assignments feature animations with questions embedded throughout, to help prepare students for class.
Fourth Edition Updates (2021):
- 4 new chapter stories and 1 new milestone
- Ch 1 Process of Science: Do cell phones cause cancer? A behind the scenes look at a scientific controversy
- Ch 9: Mutations and Genetic Engineering: New Gene, New Me: Gene therapy offers hope to people with debilitating genetic condition
- Ch 17 Prokaryotic Diversity: Invisible You: A hidden world of microbes helps make you
- Ch 22 Ecosystem Ecology: Bringing Bison Back: A controversial plan to rewild the American Prairie
- New Milestone 8: Pandora’s Dish: The power, promise, and politics of stem cells
- Sub-heads have been added at the section level to indicate the core science being covered, providing a better pedagogical framework for students.
- The text design has been modernized and the photo program has been updated to provide a more friendly student experience.
- Changes were made to the organization to shift coverage in areas that were too broad, e.g. a new Chapter 9 will be dedicated to mutations, formerly covered in an overloaded Chapter 10, which covered mutations and cancer.
- Ch 23 Global Ecology is now Global Change, with new emphasis on climate change
- Answers to end of chapter "know it" questions have been added to the back matter
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"My students love the Scientific American Biology for a Changing World textbook. They often tell me that they remember certain content based on the "story" told in that particular chapter." -Amy Ryan, Plattsburgh - State University of New York
"The book has been extremely useful in achieving course objectives - Students seem to love it. Theyre always quoting it back to me." -Ron Barwick, King College
Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Physiology
Fourth Edition| ©2021
Michele Shuster; Janet Vigna; Matthew Tontonoz
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Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Physiology
Fourth Edition| 2021
Michele Shuster; Janet Vigna; Matthew Tontonoz
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Process of Science
Chapter 2: Chemistry of Life
Chapter 3: Cell Structure and Function
Chapter 4: Nutrition, Enzymes, Metabolism
Chapter 5: Energy and Photosynthesis
Chapter 6: Dietary Energy and Cellular Respiration
Chapter 7: DNA Structure and Replication
Chapter 8: Genes to Proteins
Chapter 9: Mutations and Genetic Engineering
Chapter 10: Cell Division and Cancer
Chapter 11: Simple Inheritance and Meiosis
Chapter 12: Complex Inheritance
Chapter 13: Natural Selection and Adaptation
Chapter 14: Nonadaptive Evolution and Speciation
Chapter 15: Evidence for Evolution
Chapter 16:Life on Earth
Chapter 17: Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 18: Eukaryotic Diversity
Chapter 19: Human Evolution
Chapter 20: Population Ecology
Chapter 21:Community Ecology
Chapter 22: Ecosystem Ecology
Chapter 23: Global Climate Change
Chapter 24: Plant Growth and Reproduction
Chapter 25: Plant Physiology
Chapter 26: Overview of Physiology
Chapter 27: Digestive System
Chapter 28: Cardiovascular System
Chapter 29: Respiratory System
Chapter 30: Central Nervous System
Chapter 31: Reproductive System
Chapter 32: Immune System
Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Physiology
Fourth Edition| 2021
Michele Shuster; Janet Vigna; Matthew Tontonoz
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Michele Shuster
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
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
Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Physiology
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