Discover Biology takes an innovative approach to the teaching of the one-semester non-majors' biology course. Rather than overwhelming the non-major student with a mass of detail, secondary concepts, and vocabulary terms, the authors emphasize applied topics in biology, with the goal of improving students' biological literacy. Six major units address the diversity of life, cells, genetics, evolution, form and function, and interactions with the environment. Each chapter opens with a short vignette, providing context for the chapter content, and ends with an "evaluating the news" section that hones critical reasoning skills. Concise chapters, annotated figures, outstanding pedagogy, and a host of ancillaries make Discover Biology the clear choice for nonmajors' biological science survey courses.
- ISBN10 0393978915
- ISBN13 9780393978919
- Publish Date 8 August 2002 (first published 31 July 2000)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 16 September 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Language English