Scientific American Biology for a Changing World by Michele Shuster; Janet Vigna; Matthew Tontonoz; Gunjan Sinha - Second Edition, 2015 from Macmillan Student Store
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Scientific American Biology for a Changing World

Second  Edition©2015 Michele Shuster; Janet Vigna; Matthew Tontonoz; Gunjan Sinha

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From the groundbreaking partnership of W. H. Freeman 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 a series of 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, additional physiology chapters, a new electronic Instructor's Guide, and new pedagogy. See what's in the LaunchPad

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Process of Science 
Java Report

Chapter 2 Chemistry and Molecules of Life
Mission to Mars

Chapter 3 Cell Function and Structure
Wonder Drug

M1 Milestones in Biology
Scientific Rebel

Chapter 4 Nutrition, Metabolism, Enzymes
The Peanut Butter Project

Chapter 5 Energy Flow and Photosynthesis
The Future of Fuel

Chapter 6 Dietary Energy and Cellular Respiration
Supersize Me?

Chapter 7 DNA Structure and Replication
Biologically Unique

M2 Milestones in Biology
The Model Makers

Chapter 8 Genes to Proteins
Medicine from Milk

M3 Milestones in Biology
Sequence Sprint

Chapter 9 Cell Division and Mitosis
Nature's Pharmacy

Chapter 10 Mutations and Cancer
Fighting Fate

Chapter 11 Single-Gene Inheritance and Meiosis
Rock for a Cause

M4 Milestones in Biology
Mendel's Garden

Chapter 12 Complex Inheritance
Q&A: Genetics

Chapter 13 Stem Cells and Cell Differentiation
Grow Your Own

Chapter 14 Natural Selection and Adaptation
Bugs that Resist Drugs

M5 Milestones in Biology
Adventures in Evolution

Chapter 15 Nonadaptive Evolution and Speciation
Urban Evolution

Chapter 16 Evidence for Evolution
A Fish with Fingers?

Chapter 17 Life on Earth
Q&A: Evolution

Chapter 18 Prokaryotic Diversity
Lost City

Chapter 19 Eukaryotic Diversity
Rain Forest Riches

Chapter 20 Human Evolution
Skin Deep

Chapter 21 Population Ecology
On the Tracks of Wolves and Moose

Chapter 22 Community Ecology
What's Happening to Honey Bees?

Chapter 23 Ecosystem Ecology
The Heat is On

Chapter 24 Sustainability
The Makings of a Green City

M6 Milestones in Biology
Progress or Poison?

 

Michele Shuster

Michèle Shuster, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the biology department at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning and teaches introductory biology, microbiology, and cancer biology classes at the undergraduate level, as well as working on several K–12 science education programs. Michèle is involved in mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in effective teaching, preparing the next generation of undergraduate educators. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the Westhafer Award for Teaching Excellence at NMSU. Michèle received her Ph.D. from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University School of Medicine, where she studied meiotic chromosome segregation in yeast.

Janet Vigna

Janet Vigna, Ph.D., is a professor in the biology department at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. She is a science education specialist in the Integrated Science Program, training and mentoring K–12 science teachers. Janet has 18 years of undergraduate teaching experience, with a special interest in teaching biology effectively to nonmajors. She has recently been recognized with the GVSU Outstanding Teacher Award. Her scholarly interests include biology curriculum development, the effective use of digital media in science education, and research on the effects of biological pesticides on amphibian communities. She received her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Iowa.

Matthew Tontonoz

Matthew Tontonoz is a science writer and independent scholar living in Brooklyn, New York. For ten years, he was a development editor for textbooks in biology before shifting his focus to writing. He is currently senior science writer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he covers advances in basic science and clinical cancer research. Matt received his B.A. in biology from Wesleyan University and his M.A. in the history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Gunjan Sinha

Gunjan Sinha has been writing about science for over a decade. Her articles have been published in Science, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, Scientific American, and several other magazines and journals. She holds a graduate degree in molecular genetics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and a graduate degree in journalism from New York University. She currently works as a freelance science journalist and lives in Berlin, Germany.