Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology (3rd Edition)

Key Benefit: Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology, Third Edition provides essential, effective solutions to the challenges faced by instructors and their students in the non-majors biology course.  

1. Three features (Biology and Society, Process of Science, and Evolution Connections) found at the beginning, middle and end of every chapter give students a memorable framework to take with them into the future.
2. One compelling topic anchors the three book features in each chapter to emphasize how biology is highly relevant.
3. The book and the media are designed from the ground up to teach biology to a wide range of students.
4. asteringBiology, our online tutorial and assessment system, makes it easy to increase student participation and accountability. 

Campbell Essential Biology... Essential Solutions

 

Key Topics: Introduction: Biology Today, Essential Chemistry for Biology, The Molecules of Life, A Tour of the Cell, The Working Cell, Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food, Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food, Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells, Patterns of Inheritance, The Structure and Function of DNA, How Genes are Controlled, DNA Technology, How Populations Evolve, How Biological Diversity Evolves, The Evolution of Microbial Life, Plants, Fungi, and the Move onto Land, The Evolution of Animals,  An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere, Population Ecology, Communities and Ecosystems, Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function, Nutrition and Digestion, Circulation and Respiration, The Body’s Defenses, Hormones, Reproduction and Development, Nervous, Sensory, and Motor Systems, The Life of a Flowering Plant, The Working Plant

Market Description: Intended for those interested in learning the essentials of biology