
Biology of Humans
Concepts, Applications, and Issues: International Edition
Pearson (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 18. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-0-321-59345-0 (ISBN)
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Biology of Humans: Concepts, Applications, and Issues, Third Edition personalizes the study of human biology with a friendly writing style, stunning art, abundant applications, and tools to help students develop critical-thinking skills. With clarity, currency, and consistency, the authors give students a conceptual framework for understanding how their bodies work and for dealing with issues relevant to human health in the modern world. Students will gain an appreciation for the intricacy of the human body and the place of humans in the ecosphere.
The Third Edition features an expansion of the critical thinking elements, two new Special Topics chapters, and a significantly revised art program.
The Third Edition features an expansion of the critical thinking elements, two new Special Topics chapters, and a significantly revised art program.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 276 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
1348 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-59345-0 (9780321593450)
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Judith Goodenough | Betty A. McGuire
Biology of Humans
Concepts, Applications, and Issues: International Edition
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4th Edition
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Judith Goodenough | Betty A. McGuire | Robert A. Wallace
Biology of Humans
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01/2007
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Persons
Judith Goodenough
Judith received her B.S. from Wagner College (Staten Island, NY), and her doctorate from New York University. She has 30 years of teaching experience at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, specializing in introductory level courses. The insights into student concerns and problems-gained from more than 25 years of teaching Human Biology and 20 years of team-teaching The Biology of Social Issues-have helped shape this book. In 1986, Judith was honored with a "Distinguished Teaching Award." In addition to teaching, she has written articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributed chapters to several introductory biology texts, and written numerous laboratory manuals. With the author team of McGuire and Jakob, she is preparing Perspectives on Animal Behavior.
Betty McGuire
Betty received her B.S. in Biology from Pennsylvania State University, where she also played varsity basketball. She went on to receive an M.S. and Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and then spent two happy years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Her field and laboratory research emphasize the social behavior and reproduction of small mammals. She has published numerous research papers, co-authored the text Perspectives on Animal Behavior as well as several introductory biology study guides, and served as an Associate Editor for Mammalian Species, a publication of the American Society of Mammalogists. Betty taught Human Biology, Introductory Biology, Vertebrate Biology, and Animal Behavior at Smith College. She now teaches Mammalogy and The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolution at Cornell University.
Judith received her B.S. from Wagner College (Staten Island, NY), and her doctorate from New York University. She has 30 years of teaching experience at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, specializing in introductory level courses. The insights into student concerns and problems-gained from more than 25 years of teaching Human Biology and 20 years of team-teaching The Biology of Social Issues-have helped shape this book. In 1986, Judith was honored with a "Distinguished Teaching Award." In addition to teaching, she has written articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributed chapters to several introductory biology texts, and written numerous laboratory manuals. With the author team of McGuire and Jakob, she is preparing Perspectives on Animal Behavior.
Betty McGuire
Betty received her B.S. in Biology from Pennsylvania State University, where she also played varsity basketball. She went on to receive an M.S. and Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and then spent two happy years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Her field and laboratory research emphasize the social behavior and reproduction of small mammals. She has published numerous research papers, co-authored the text Perspectives on Animal Behavior as well as several introductory biology study guides, and served as an Associate Editor for Mammalian Species, a publication of the American Society of Mammalogists. Betty taught Human Biology, Introductory Biology, Vertebrate Biology, and Animal Behavior at Smith College. She now teaches Mammalogy and The Vertebrates: Structure, Function, and Evolution at Cornell University.
Content
1. Humans in the World of Biology
2. Chemistry Comes to Life
2a. Special Topics: Food Safety
3. The Cell
4. Body Organization and Homeostasis
5. The Skeletal System
6. The Muscular System
7. Neurons: The Matter of the Mind
8. The Nervous System
8a. Special Topic: Drugs and the Mind
9. Sensory Systems
10. The Endocrine System
11. Blood
12. The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic System
13. Body Defense Mechanisms
13a. Special Topic: Infectious Disease
14. The Respiratory System
15. The Digestive System
16. The Urinary System
17. Reproductive Systems
18. Development Through Life
18a. Special Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorders
19. Chromosomes and Cell Division
19a. Special Topics: Stem Cells --A Repair Kit for the Body
20. Genetics and Human Inheritance
21. DNA and Biotechnology
21a. Special Topic: Cancer
22. Evolution and Our Heritage
23. Ecology, The Environment, and Us
24. Human Populations, Limited Resources, and Pollution
2. Chemistry Comes to Life
2a. Special Topics: Food Safety
3. The Cell
4. Body Organization and Homeostasis
5. The Skeletal System
6. The Muscular System
7. Neurons: The Matter of the Mind
8. The Nervous System
8a. Special Topic: Drugs and the Mind
9. Sensory Systems
10. The Endocrine System
11. Blood
12. The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic System
13. Body Defense Mechanisms
13a. Special Topic: Infectious Disease
14. The Respiratory System
15. The Digestive System
16. The Urinary System
17. Reproductive Systems
18. Development Through Life
18a. Special Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorders
19. Chromosomes and Cell Division
19a. Special Topics: Stem Cells --A Repair Kit for the Body
20. Genetics and Human Inheritance
21. DNA and Biotechnology
21a. Special Topic: Cancer
22. Evolution and Our Heritage
23. Ecology, The Environment, and Us
24. Human Populations, Limited Resources, and Pollution