Scientific American Biology for a Changing World with Core Physiology
Third EditionNew Edition Available Michele Shuster; Janet Vigna; Matthew Tontonoz
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From the groundbreaking partnership of Macmillan Learning and Scientific American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of biology and its impact on the way we live. In Biology for a Changing World, two experienced educators and a science journalist explore the core ideas of biology through chapters written and illustrated in the style of a Scientific American article. Chapters don’t just feature compelling stories of real people—each chapter is a newsworthy story that serves as a context for covering the standard curriculum for the non-majors biology course. Updated throughout, the new edition offers new stories, enhanced plant and diversity coverage, and an expanded media program.
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Contents
UNIT 1 What Is Life Made Of? Chemistry, Cells, Energy
Chapter 1
Process of Science
Java Report
Making sense of the latest buzz in health-related news
Chapter 2
Chemistry of Life
Mission to Mars
Prospecting for life on the red planet
Chapter 3
Cell Structure and Function
Wonder Drug
How a chance discovery in a London laboratory revolutionized medicine
M1 Milestones in Biology
Scientific Rebel
Lynn Margulis and the theory of endosymbiosis
Chapter 4
Nutrition, Enzymes, Metabolism
The Peanut Butter Project
One doctor’s crusade to end malnutrition in Africa, one spoonful at a time
Chapter 5
Energy and Photosynthesis
The Future of Fuel?
Scientists seek to make algae into the next alternative energy source
Chapter 6
Dietary Energy and Cellular Respiration
New Story! The Sitting Disease
Understanding the causes and consequences of obesity
UNIT 2 How Does Life Reproduce? Cell Division and Inheritance
Chapter 7
DNA Structure and Replication
Biologically Unique
How DNA helped free an innocent man
M2 Milestones in Biology
The Model Makers
Watson, Crick, and the structure of DNA
Chapter 8
Genes to Proteins
New Story! Bulletproof
Scientists hope to spin spider silk into the next indestructible super-fiber
M3 Milestones in Biology
Sequence Sprint
Venter and Collins race to decode the human genome
Chapter 9
Cell Cycle and Cell Differentiation
Grow Your Own
Is regenerative medicine the solution to organ transplantation?
Chapter 10
Mutations and Cancer
Fighting Fate
When cancer runs in the family, ordinary measures are not enough
Chapter 11
Simple Inheritance and Meiosis
Catching Breath
One woman’s mission to outrun a genetic disease
M4 Milestones in Biology
Mendel’s Garden
An Austrian monk lays the foundation for modern genetics
Chapter 12
Complex Inheritance
Q&A Genetics
Complexities of human genetics, from sex to depression
UNIT 3 How Does Life Change over Time? Evolution and Diversity
Chapter 13
Natural Selection and Adaptation
Bugs that Resist Drugs
Drug-resistant bacteria are on the rise. Can we stop them?
M5 Milestones in Biology
Adventures in Evolution
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace on the trail of natural selection
Chapter 14
Nonadaptive Evolution and Speciation
Urban Evolution
How cities are altering the fate of species
Chapter 15
Evidence for Evolution
A Fish With Fingers?
A transitional fossil fills a gap in our knowledge of evolution
Chapter 16
Life on Earth
Q&A Evolution
From moon rocks to DNA, clues to the history of life on Earth
Chapter 17
Prokaryotic Diversity
Lost City
Exploring life’s origins at the bottom of the sea
Chapter 18
Eukaryotic Diversity
New Story! Can Rubber Save the Rainforest?
A small state in Brazil aims to find out.
M6 Milestones in Biology
New! Shaking the Tree
A revised view of eukaryotic diversity may be the key to tackling deadly diseases
Chapter 19
Human Evolution
Skin Deep
Science redefines the meaning of racial categories
UNIT 4 How Do Organisms Interact? Ecology
Chapter 20
Population Ecology
On the Tracks of Wolves and Moose
Ecologists learn big lessons from a small island
Chapter 21
Community Ecology
What’s Happening to Honey Bees?
A mysterious ailment threatens a vital link in the food chain
Chapter 22
Ecosystem Ecology
The Heat Is On
From migrating maples to shrinking sea ice, signs of a warming planet
M7 Milestones in Biology
Progress or Poison?
Rachel Carson, pesticides, and the birth of the environmental movement
Chapter 23
Sustainability
The Makings of a Green City
One Kansas town reinvents itself sustainable
Physiology Chapters
Unit 5 What Makes Plants Unique? Plant Biology
Plant coverage now in two chapters
Chapter 24
Plant Growth and Reproduction
New Story! Plants 2.0
Is genetic engineering the solution to world hunger?
Chapter 25
Plant Physiology
Q&A Plants
Exploding seeds, carnivorous flowers, and other colorful adaptations of the plant world
UNIT 6 How Do Animals Work? Physiology
Chapter 26
Overview of Physiology
Man vs Mountain
Physiology explains a 1996 disaster on Everest
Chapter 27
Digestive System
Drastic Measures
For the morbidly obese, stomach-shrinking surgery is a last resort
M8 Milestones in Biology
Stumbling on a Cure
Banting, Best, and the Discovery of Insulin
Chapter 28
Cardiovascular System
Death In Bogalusa
From tragic deaths in a southern town, insight into heart disease
Chapter 29
Respiratory System
Peak Performance
An inside look at altitude training among elite athletes
Chapter 30
Central Nervous System
Smoke On the Brain
Neuroscience explains why nicotine and other drugs are hard to kick
Chapter 31
Reproductive System
Too Many Multiples
The birth of octuplets raises questions about the fertility business
Chapter 32
Immune System
The Forgotten Plague
After nearly a century, scientists learn what made the 1918 influenza virus so deadly