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Thrive in Genetics
2013 || Paperback || Alison Thomas || Oxford University Press
The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. Each title encourages the reader to follow four steps to maximise their learning, with features to support this process. Step One: Review the factsThe revision guides are designed to help learning be quick and effective:DT Information is set out in bullet points, making it easy to digest.
DT Clear, uncluttered illustrations illuminate what is said in the text. DT Key con...
Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance
Pearson New International Edition
2013 || Paperback || Charles Krebs || Pearson
Charles Krebs' best-selling majors-level text approaches ecology as a series of problems that are best understood by evaluating empirical evidence through data analysis and application of quantitative reasoning. No other text presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style for students. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the new edition emphasises the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many conte...
Plant Biology / 2nd edition
Pearson New International Edition
2013 || Paperback || Linda Graham e.a. || Pearson
For non-majors and mixed-majors introductory botany (plant biology) courses. Plant Biology focuses students on the function of plants and the role they play in our world. With evolved content and a new organisation, the authors emphasise the scientific method to help students develop the critical thinking skills they need to make sound decisions throughout life. Together, the emphasis on how plants work and the development of critical-thinking skills support the authors' goal of fostering sci...
iGenetics: A Molecular Approach
Pearson New International Edition
2013 || Paperback || Peter Russell || Pearson
With its modern chapter organization and new "Focus on Genomics" boxes, iGenetics: A Molecular Approach reflects the increasing molecular emphasis in today's experimental study of genes while helping students develop problem-solving skills and an appreciation for classic experiments. Although molecular topics are presented first, instructors can assign the chapters in any sequence. Pedagogical features such as chapter-opening "Key Questions" and strategically placed "Keynotes" help students t...
The Tangled Bank
An Introduction to Evolution
2013 || Paperback || Carl Zimmer || Macmillan
Used widely in non-majors biology classes, The Tangled Bank is the first textbook about evolution intended for the general reader. Zimmer, an award-winning science writer, takes readers on a fascinating journey into the latest discoveries about evolution. In the Canadian Arctic, paleontologists unearth fossils documenting the move of our ancestors from sea to land. In the outback of Australia, a zoologist tracks some of the world’s deadliest snakes to decipher the 100-million-year evolution...
Reumer*De vis die aan land kroop
de evolutie van gewervelde dieren in vogelvlucht
2013 || Paperback || Jelle Reumer || Historische Uitgeverij Groningen
Al heeft de evolutie geen doel, het ontstaan van de soorten heeft inmiddels wel een rijk verleden. De vis die aan land kroop geeft een compleet overzicht van het ontstaan en de ontwikkeling van het gewervelde dier. Wat zich ook voordeed in de evolutie, van de eerste Big Bang en de tweede Grote Klap tot aan de uitvinding van het wiel: onze ruggengraat hangt van toeval en tegenslag aan elkaar.De mens is dan misschien geen kroon op de schepping, de hand van Jelle Reumer maakt van de evolutie een...