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| Biology: Concepts & Connections with Student CD-ROM | 
 enlarge | Authors: Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Eric J. Simon
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Category: Book
List Price: $145.60
Buy Used: $6.20
You Save: $139.40 (96%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 47162
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 912
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 0805371605
Dewey Decimal Number: 570
EAN: 9780805371604
ASIN: 0805371605
Publication Date: April 8, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Book For Class September 6, 2005
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book will definitely get the job done. I just needed a book for my class and this works out great. It was in good condition and didn't have any highlighting marks in it.
 New Fifth Edition Brings Everything Up To Date August 11, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This new Fifth Edition of an old standby. The book retains it's aim of engaging students from a wide variety of majors in the wonders of the living world. It relates the basic concepts of biology to concepts in every day life, to evolution, and to the process of science.
The basic upgrades in this edition include:
Greater emphasis on cells as the structural and functional units of life.
Incorporates recent advances in the field of cellular reproduction, genetics and cloning.
the concepts of evolution have been extensively reorganized and updated. This includes a major upgrading in the area of the evolution of biological diversity.
the sections on animals and plants has been redone with a greater emphasis on those forms that the student sees in their everyday life.
the ecology area has been updted with current ecological data and fresh photos.
The text has been extensively reviewed to ensure that the new edition retains the reputation for accuracy that has become a hallmark of this book.
Excellent Biology Text July 20, 2005
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Biology Concepts and Connections, is an excellent text on life science. This book presents information in a clear and logical way. At the end of each section, there is a question box, which allows the reader to check their understanding of the information presented. It is also very helpful that answers are included for all the questions in the book. The book is broken into thirty-eight sections, which cover a wide variety of topics, such as cell biology, evolution, plant biology/botany, animal anatomy/life function, and much more. The CD-Rom which comes with this book is great for reviewing the material presented. I used this book in my honor's biology class and received an A. I highly recommend this text to anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of life science!
Great Resource June 6, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This books does an excellent job of giving overviews and then details about the topics it covers. This text was used for a Bio 101 class at my university. I would NOT use this text in a high school, because the wording and just the detail it goes into gets very complex. Even as a junior in college taking the class (haven't taken bio since 10th grade), I was overwhelmed by the information because my professor expected us to know almost every word the chapter. If she had stepped back and tried to get the general idea from each unit, the book does a great job in emphasizing those ideas. The connections modules and multiple choice questions at the end of each chapter are useful. All in all, if you're looking into medicine, I would keep the book to refer back to later, but I plan on selling mine back.
 Very, very confusing January 11, 2005
13 out of 37 found this review helpful
As a freshman taking 10th grade biology i do not like this book at all. It trys to cram way to much imformation into way too small a space, and the way it covers the topics is very hard to understand. It uses way to many words i don't understand and does not put them in the glossary. I have to use a dictionary to even understand the glossary. For example-
"Mutation- A change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA; the ultimate source of genetic diversity."
I get, "a change in..." and then it loses me. I do not just hate science, or reading. Our school has a different book for class work and i understand that book perfectly. I like science and have enjoyed other books in the past, but this book is just plain dull and confusing. I would not recommend this book to people at my age.
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