Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Physiology

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Publication Date: March 16, 2021

Paperback ISBN: 9781319385873

Pages: 864

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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.

Biology for a Changing World explores the core ideas of biology through chapters written and...

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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

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.
Engaging and informative Infographics are used throughout the book. These powerful pieces of art teach students how to learn from charts, graphs, and images, and add visual appeal to the science.
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.
Driving Questions provide the pedagogical framework for the chapter material by prompting students to consider the questions they need to be able to answer to have a full understanding of the material.
End-of-chapter questions, each written by the author Michele Shuster, are framed around the chapter’s Driving Questions; each set includes Interpreting Data, Mini-Case, and Bring It Home questions to help students develop higher-order thinking skills.

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Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Core Physiology 4 is now supported in Achieve.
Four new chapter stories and one new milestone are included in this edition (New Milestone 8: Pandora’s Dish: The power, promise, and politics of stem cells).
Sub-headers 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 the end of chapter “Know It” questions have been added to the back matter.

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

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.

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