For each chapter of the textbook Life, 9th edition, this Study Guide offers a variety of study and review tools, including detailed reviews of the Important Concepts, Big Picture, Diagram Exercises, Common Problem Areas, Study Strategies, and Study Questions (multiple-choice and short-answer) with a[...]
Our breath catches and we jump in fear at the sight of a snake. We pause and marvel at the sublime beauty of a sunrise. These reactions are no accident; in fact, many of our human responses to nature are steeped in our deep evolutionary past - we fear snakes because of the danger of venom or constri[...]
Authoritative and thorough, "Life" achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them, "Life" covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus flowing naturally from the [...]