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Principles of Life de David M. Hillis

Principles of Life

Autor David M. Hillis, David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, Dr Mary V. Price
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 mai 2011

Observăm în ultimii ani o schimbare de paradigmă în predarea științelor vieții, trecându-se de la memorarea exhaustivă a detaliilor la înțelegerea profundă a mecanismelor fundamentale. Principles of Life reflectă precis această evoluție, fiind concepută special pentru a reduce volumul de informație brută în favoarea unei abordări bazate pe analiză și dovezi experimentale. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care autorii reușesc să sintetizeze biologia modernă în aproximativ 900 de pagini, oferind o alternativă mai suplă și mai aplicată manualelor mamut tradiționale.

Această lucrare acoperă aceeași arie tematică precum Campbell Biology in Focus, dar cu o abordare mai centrată pe procesul de investigație. În timp ce alte titluri prioritizează volumul de cunoștințe, Principles of Life pune accent pe 'Research Tools' și 'Investigation Skills', învățând studentul să gândească precum un cercetător prin interpretarea graficelor și a seturilor de date reale. Structura cărții urmărește o progresie logică, de la chimia vieții și genetică (Părțile I-II), la mecanismele evolutive și diversitatea biologică (Părțile III-IV), culminând cu forma și funcția organismelor vegetale și animale.

Poziționată ca o variantă condensată și axată pe principii a celebrei lucrări Life: The Science of Biology, la care David M. Hillis și David Sadava sunt co-autori, această ediție rafinează temele explorate în Purves Biologie. Apreciem în mod deosebit utilizarea elementelor vizuale de tip 'Teachable Art' și a linkurilor terminologice, care transformă lectura dintr-un proces liniar într-o experiență integrativă, esențială pentru studenții care se pregătesc pentru o carieră în cercetare sau medicină.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781429286572
ISBN-10: 1429286571
Pagini: 900
Dimensiuni: 234 x 286 x 35 mm
Greutate: 2.51 kg
Editura: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Colecția Sinauer Associates
Locul publicării:Sunderland, United States

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această lucrare studenților și profesorilor care caută un manual de biologie modern, axat pe gândire critică și nu pe memorare. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere clară a modului în care se construiește o ipoteză științifică, exersând direct pe date experimentale. Este resursa ideală pentru cei care doresc să stăpânească conceptele cheie ale biologiei fără a se pierde în detalii tehnice secundare.

Despre autor

Echipa de autori reunește cercetători și pedagogi de elită. David M. Hillis este profesor de biologie integrativă la Universitatea din Texas, fiind recunoscut pentru studiile sale în filogenetică. David Sadava este profesor emerit la Keck Science Center, cu o vastă experiență în predarea biologiei la nivel universitar. H. Craig Heller și Dr Mary V. Price aduc expertiză suplimentară în neurobiologie și ecologie. Împreună, aceștia au dezvoltat unele dintre cele mai influente manuale de biologie din lume, precum seria 'Life', adaptând constant materialele la noile descoperiri din genomică și biotehnologie.

Descriere

Principles of Life cuts through the thicket of excessive detail and factual minutiae to focus on what matters most in the study of biology today. Students explore the most essential biological ideas and information in the context of the field's defining experiments, and are actively engaged in analyzing research data. The result is a textbook that is hundreds of pages shorter (and significantly less expensive) than the current majors introductory books.

Key features and benefits include:
OPENING STORIES
Capture attention from the outset with a story that sets up an interesting question in a recognizable real-world context (How does caffeine work at the cell membrane?). Students revisit this question and its answer at the end of the chapter, having learned the necessary information to comprehend it.

KEY CONCEPTS
* Each chapter is organized into sections, each of which explores a single essential concept in light of established facts and relevant experimental evidence.
* A 'Key Concepts' list begins each chapter.
* 'Do You Understand the Concept?' questions conclude each section, progressing from simple recall questions to questions that require critical thinking at higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
* 'Apply the Concept' critical thinking exercises, embedded in the chapter, ask students to interpret data and draw conclusions. These exercises can be used in class or assigned as homework.
* A Summary provides a thorough review of the chapter content, including key figures, and directs students to relevant resources online.

RESEARCH TOOLS
This feature focuses on techniques and quantitative methods scientists use to investigate biological systems.

INVESTIGATION SKILLS
* 'Investigation' figures describe a key experiment's hypothesis, methods, results, and conclusion.
* 'Analyze the Data' are additional sections where students analyze real data from the experiments.
* 'Working with Data' exercises turn these figures into in-class inquiry problems, discussions, or homework assignments. They contain associated questions and expanded materials that are available online.

FRONTIERS FEATURE
In each chapter, these real-world applications of important concepts introduce students to fascinating ongoing avenues of research.

TEACHABLE ART
Investigation figures describe a key experiment's hypothesis, methods, results, and conclusion. Balloon Captions in the figures help students understand the story at a glance, without necessarily relying on the associated text.

TERMINOLOGY LINKS
These cross-references show students the integrative nature of biology by referring them to a more thorough discussion of a key term elsewhere in the book.

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Cuprins

PART I: CELLS
Introduction 
Life Chemistry and Energy 
Nucleic Acids, Proteins and Enzymes
Cells: The Working Units of Life 
Cell Membranes and Signaling
Pathways that Harvest and Store Chemical Energy
PART II: GENETICS
The Cell Cycle and Cell Division 
Inheritance, Genes and Chromosomes 
DNA and its Role in Heredity 
From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression 
Regulation of Gene Expression 
Genomes 
Biotechnology 
Genes, Development and Evolution
PART III: EVOLUTION
Mechanisms of Evolution 
Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies 
Speciation 
The History of Life on Earth
PART IV: DIVERSITY
Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses 
The Origin & Diversification of Eukaryotes 
The Evolution of Plants
The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi 
Animal Origins and Diversity
PART V: PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION
The Plant Body 
Plant Nutrition and Transport 
Plant Growth and Development 
Reproduction of Flowering Plants 
Plants in the Environment
PART VI: ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION
Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation 
Animal Hormones 
Immunology: Animal Defense Systems 
Animal Reproduction
Animal Development 
Neurons and Nervous Systems 
Sensors 
Musculoskeletal Systems 
Gas Exchange in Animals 
Circulatory Systems 
Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption 
Salt and Water Balance 
Behavior
PART VII: ECOLOGY
Organisms in Their Environment 
Populations 
Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Species Interactions 
Ecological Communities 
The Global Ecosystem

Notă biografică

DAVID M. HILLIS is the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor in Integrative Biology and the Director of the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, where he also has directed the School of Biological Sciences. He has taught courses in introductory biology, genetics, evolution, systematics, and biodiversity. He served on the National Research Council committee that wrote the report BIO 2010: Transforming Undergraduate Biology Education for Research Biologists. His research interests span much of evolutionary biology, including experimental studies of evolving viruses, empirical studies of natural molecular evolution, applications of phylogenetics, analyses of biodiversity, and evolutionary modeling.

DAVID E. SADAVA is the Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology, Emeritus, at the Keck Science Center of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps, three of The Claremont Colleges, USA. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor of Cancer Cell Biology at the City of Hope Medical Center. Twice winner of the Huntoon Award for superior teaching, Dr. Sadava has taught courses on introductory biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, plant biology, and cancer biology. For the past 15 years, he has investigated multi-drug resistance in human small-cell lung carcinoma cells with a view to understanding and overcoming this clinical challenge, and his current work focuses on new anti-cancer agents from plants.

H. CRAIG HELLER is the Lorry I. Lokey/Business Wire Professor in Biological Sciences and Human Biology at Stanford University, USA. Dr. Heller is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a recipient of the Walter J. Gores Award for excellence in teaching. His research is on the neurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms, mammalian hibernation, the regulation of body temperature, the physiology of human performance, and the neuro-biology of learning. Dr. Heller has done research on a huge variety of animals and physiological problems ranging from sleeping kangaroo rats, diving seals, hibernating bears, photoperiodic hamsters, and exercising athletes. He has extended his enthusiasm for promoting active learning through the development of new curricula and Virtual labs for physiology.

MARY V. PRICE is Professor of Biology, Emerita, at the University of California, Riverside and Adjunct Professor in the School of
Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. She has developed and taught general biology and ecology courses from introductory (majors and non-majors) to graduate levels. Her research focuses on understanding the ecology of North American deserts and mountains. She has asked why so many desert rodents can coexist, how best to conserve endangered kangaroo rat species, how pollinators and herbivores influence floral evolution and plant population dynamics, and how climate change affects ecological systems.

Caracteristici

Campus-called textbook 
Shorter and more accessible - appeals to a wide range of biology students 
Active learning approach - students explore essential biological ideas in the context of the field's defining experiments 
Covers all the major topics in the field - perfect for university courses