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For questions about using the Copyright. Finding similar items Read Online. View Cover. Login or Register. E-mail this page Embed book widget. What is an eBook? Why is an eBook better than a PDF? Where do I get eBook files? Overview Contents Rights Stats. National Research Council. High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow. The importance of this natural science lies in the fact that it explains how life develops on earth, its origin, evolution and even its possible death.
It is also in charge of studying the natural laws that govern life and how to improve it, collaborating with branches such as ecology, medicine or chemistry.
Its theoretical principles feed many other important disciplines. Some branches of biology are: microbiology , biotechnology , marine biology , zoology , botany , genetics , among others.
Biology is not a totally independent science, since it also feeds on other elementary sciences such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, mainly. Its study is based on the scientific method.
It explains the development of living organisms in the following way: Through a metabolic process, the internal condition of organisms is maintained in equilibrium, due to different chemical reactions of nutrition and waste.
Likewise, there is a relationship with the environment, reacting to its stimuli. Thanks to biology, crucial discoveries have been made in the history of mankind, such as the case of penicillin and vaccines, which have saved so many lives to date.
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Animal biology is the science that deals with the study of what is called the Kingdom Animalia. This kingdom comprises all multicellular organisms. And which take energy through the digestion of food and also contain cells that are organized into tissues. This is different from plants, which produce their nutrients from inorganic substances through the process of photosynthesis. Animals actively provide themselves with food. And they proceed to digest it in their internal system.
In animal biology, animal tissues are made up of different cells, which are joined together. Likewise, the extracellular matrix is formed through characteristic junctions.
Botany is a part of biology, which is the science that studies all living organisms. Core botany studies plants, fungi and algae in their composition, functions, development, location, adaptations, etc. The father of botany was Theophrastus , a disciple of Aristotle , who in the 4th century B. Few advances were made in the following centuries.
Perhaps the most outstanding figure in the field of botany is Carl Linnaeus , an eminent Swedish scientist of the 18th century who devoted most of his life to studying and classifying plants and animals. Cell biology is the science that studies the properties, characteristics, evolution, life cycle and interaction of the cell with its environment.
Cell biology is also known as cellular biochemistry. Cell biology studies derive from previous disciplines such as cytology the branch of biology that studies cells and histology the discipline that studies organic tissues. So it wasn't clear why it was present, but didn't have any additional content. The text really seems to just go over the bare basics. Examples are not really inclusive because examples are limited and sparse in general.
I was really disappointed to not find more examples. The book addresses all the important topic areas of biology, but does not provide much detailed information necessary to be the primary text for a comprehensive biology course. Content is accurate, but limited.
Using Wikipedia as a resource is not really best scientific practice. Text is clear, but perhaps not enough detail provided for each topic. More diagrams would be useful. This could be useful as a review for a general biology course or testing program. Not really detailed or comprehensive enough to use as the primary text for a biology course in a science-based program.
The book does contain a comprehensive list of biological topics for an introductory biology class. However, the book lacks the detail required to be the primary textbook for students.
It is a good outline for an introductory class for the It is a good outline for an introductory class for the instructor. The material is often presented in bullet points, which I don't have an issue with, but there needs to be more information to help connect those bullet points together to get a more complete picture. However, an instructor could use this as a guide and fill in the gaps themselves. Additionally, multiple of the Genetics sections and a couple of the later chapters appear to be incomplete.
The majority of the information appears to be accurate. Noticed a few mistakes but nothing that could be fixed quickly by the instructor or authors. This book is a few years old, therefore new technologies could be added to help the relevance.
Given the bullet point style of the text it could be done fairly easily. The information is written in a way that students should be able to understand. There isn't enough figures or examples supporting the text.
I pointed out the the inconsistency in the organization in the organization section. Not all topics headers have information associated with them. I did not have an issue finding specific sections within the book. The outline style of the text makes it easy to find topics. I don't have an issue with the logical order of the topics.
However, Section 6 "Cell" and Section 15 "Genetics" appear to be major headings and the following chapters are subsection of the major topic. The authors use of the same numbering between these headings and the other chapters makes for a slightly awkward flow.
The lack of figures makes the interface easy. The text is in a straightforward style, thus easy to read. I did not notice anything offensive. The lack of examples helps the text steer away from controversial topics. This book I think is a helpful outline of an introductory course. It can help an instructor who is unsure about the topics that should be covered.
It isn't comprehensive enough to be a stand alone resource for a class. While the text covers a multitude of topics, it doesn't give the details often required for thorough understanding. Comprehensiveness rating: 4 see less. I do not agree with citing Wikipedia as a scientist, because of the ability to edit the information. I learned it was always best to use peer reviewed materials.
The text is more of a bulleted list of topics that doesn't seem to need the majority of the sub-categories and is sometimes redundant in placement of the material. Text seems consistent but has details in some sections, and rather vague in others to be considered a general biology text.
Short bullet points help, and it seems very helpful as a study guide for something larger with more in depth discussions. This book covers almost every topic that biology major students should know, however, it misses information in every topic. In another word, it tries to cover everything but failed to cover everything in detailed, especially it misses some In another word, it tries to cover everything but failed to cover everything in detailed, especially it misses some important information that a regular textbook should contain.
It more looks like a study guide for test instead of a learning material. It tells you what type of information you should know, however, you probably have to search more detailed information in each unit somewhere else. Content appeared to be accurate for me. Probably it needs to be added more updated knowledge in a newer version.
This book is not up-dated as I mentioned above. It definitely can be added more update information as the progress of the technology. However, this book is easy to be updated by any instructors with newer and more information in their own manner due to the special structure of this book. Some concepts should be explained with more words and sentences. This textbook is somewhat inconsistent.
As for the structure, some chapters contains more information than other chapters. In another word, some chapters use a bullets format, but the others use a paragraph format and try to explain more detailed information. This book is very easy to be divided into smaller reading sections for sure due to its special structure. It is easy to reorganized and realigned by any instructor based on how he or she wants to structure his or her course.
The topics in the text are presented in a logical order, however, it can use more subunit under each chapter to make this textbook look more organized. This book does not contain too many figures. It might be a good way in some purpose, for example, you only want to use this book as a study guide.
However, as a real textbook, it definitely needs more graphs and figures to improve the readability of this textbook. This book is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. This textbook can be good or bad for you depends on how you want to use it and in which way. It is more like a quick study review for general biology instead of a regular textbook. As I mentioned above, if you want to quickly go through every topic covered by general biology in a really basic level, this book can be useful for you.
However, if you want more detailed information and use this book as a main textbook resource for your two semester length course, this book is not your best choice. The text covers most subjects of general biology. Because it is very concise using bullets in many places , not many information is included. The knowledge depth is not adequate for a real textbook. Content appears accurate. DNA sequencing section may need to be updated with next generation sequencing information.
The text is too short. It does not contain enough information to be a textbook. It can be useful for quick review for exams. Certain chapters and paragraphs are clear and contain enough information. However, most of the text does not contain enough information, largely due to the fact that this book is more like a summary of various topics in biology, not a real textbook. The text is not consistent in terms of style, formatting, clarity, and information provided. For instance, only practice questions are provided for a couple of topics.
The text uses a bullet point style, which makes the modularity very clear. However, by doing so, lots of information is omitted. The topics are divided into chapters only. It can be improved if the chapters are organized by units. There are some grammatical errors, such as misspellings, extra words or numbers, and incorrect use of plurals. Formats are not consistent. This book summarizes the main concepts in general biology.
It can be used for preview and review purposes. The text is easy to read. This is not a comprehensive text. If all of the topics that are missing from this text were included in this review, the review would be as long as the text.
The PDF is less than pages long for what is typically taught in two one-semester Comprehensiveness rating: 1 see less. The PDF is less than pages long for what is typically taught in two one-semester classes.
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