Campbell Biology, Books a la Carte Plus MasteringBiology -- Access Card Package Author: Jane B. Reece Lisa A. Urry Michael L. Cain Steven A. Wasserman Peter V. Minorsky Robert B. Jackson | Language: English | ISBN:
0321831551 | Format: EPUB
Campbell Biology, Books a la Carte Plus MasteringBiology -- Access Card Package Description
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0321558235: Campbell Biology
0321766024: MasteringBiology with Pearson eText with MasteringBiology Virtual Lab Full Suite Student Access Code Card for Campbell Biology (ValuePack Component)
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Hardcover
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- Series: Books a la Carte
- Loose Leaf: 1263 pages
- Publisher: Benjamin Cummings; 9 edition (April 12, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0321831551
- ISBN-13: 978-0321831552
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.8 x 1.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 6.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This textbook is the same book as the *more expensive* Campbell Biology, also being sold on amazon... The difference is that you also get access to Masteringbiology, which is about 50 bucks on their website. This is obviously the better deal. Anyway, the book arrived brand new and vacuum-sealed with plastic (2 Layers!). Perfect condition. Aside from that, the book is very nice. There are many pictures and diagrams and the text is easy to read, unlike some other textbooks I am required to read... I have already outlined the first few chapters and I am very happy with the purchase, because it is a good textbook, it is much cheaper than my college bookstore, and it included Masteringbiology in the price.
Edit: Just wanted to add that on the Masteringbiology website, you also get access to the Campbell Biology E-book (normally $100 on their website with the mastering), so you don't have to carry the book with you to school for access. I just have to stress how great this E-book is, really. I normally don't love reading books on my iPad with the kindle app; it just doesn't feel the same. But I read this textbook my iPad using the Pearson app and it is fantastic. It looks exactly like the book and you have the option of leaving sticky notes and highlighting things for later. Oh and reading the book is generally online, but you can choose the chapters you want to download for reading offline. I hardly even use the printed textbook these days.
Edit 2: Since amazon has linked the reviews of both books, you should search specifically for Campbell Biology with MasteringBiology? (9th Edition).
By StarLight
I'm a middle-aged computational linguist, and I bought this book after a fascinating conversation with my doctor about the advances made in biology in recent years due primarily to cancer and AIDS research. I want to learn important things that mankind has understood before I have to leave the planet. I thought I was going to have to pull myself together to read this heavy stuff, but not at all. For me, this is a page turner. I couldn't wait for my commute so I could sit in a corner and read my book. I have to say I am left totally BLOWN AWAY by what we have come to understand about biology -- both the details as well as the bigger picture
Had I been younger when I picked it up, I would not have appreciated as much the skill with which the authors present the material. The order and manner in which concepts are introduced have obviously been honed over decades of experience -- first the major themes which tie the field together, a complete and painless high school chemistry course placed so you sense why you're going to need it, the critical role that water plays in making life possible. An overarching description of what energy is and how it functions precedes an attempt to discuss cellular respiration and photosynthesis, so that you're primed not to lose the forest for the trees. You really feel like you sense how it works, and if you're paying attention at all, you can't help but come away with admiration for the community of scientists who made it happen. I feel better about the human race, and am left sensing the magnificence of this achievement in the greater scheme of things. The whole of biology is presented pretty comprehensively. I left the book feeling that I got what I came for.
But oddly the biggest thing I take away from this book is a deep impression of the astounding machine that I have been given to use in this life. You can't help waking up each morning hoping to be worthy of it.
By Margaret Magnus
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