Campbell Biology in Focus by Lisa A. Urry
By: Lisa A. Urry; Michael L. Cain; Steven A. Wasserman; Peter V. Minorsky; Jane B. Reece
ISBN-10: 0321813804
ISBN-13: 9780321813800
The short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus) that gazes
from the cover of this book has an eye much like our own,
yet evolutionary forces have honed its ability to spot a snake
from a quarter mile up in the air. The eagle’s keen eye is a metaphor
for our goal in writing this text: to focus with high intensity
on the core concepts that biology majors need to master
in the introductory biology course. The current explosion of
biological information, while exhilarating in its scope, poses a
significant challenge—how best to teach a subject that is constantly
expanding its own boundaries. In particular, instructors
have become increasingly concerned that their students are
overwhelmed by a growing volume of detail and are losing
sight of the important ideas in biology.
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