ELDRA PEARL SOLOMON

This fifth edition of "Biology" has an increased emphasis on the process of science by integrating more historical context, references to specific scientists, their research stories and experimental data. New examples inlcuded are: topics in cell biology, such as cell signalling, molecular chaperones, cloning technology, genetic discrimination and telometric DNA; topics in evolution and diversity, such as testing evolutionary hypotheses experimentally, hybridization of cichlids in Lake Victoria, experimental evidence of inbreeding depression in nature, new fossil finds of early apes and hominids, cladistics, chytridiomycetes and plant evolution; topics in ecology, such as competition as an ecological determinant of community structure, experimental evidence of the individualistic model of community structure, the relationship between productivity and biological diversity, UN and IIASA human population projections, the relationship among human population growth, resource consumption and environmental degradation; an animal biology chapters with content revisions including, nervous systems, internal defence, endocrine, regulation, development and animal behaviour.

So you plan on majoring in Biology. Why wouldn't you want to use what's been described as the best majors' text for learning the subject? That's what you get with Solomon, Martin, Martin and Berg's BIOLOGY. Working like a built-in study guide, the integrated learning system guides you through the material, starting with key concepts for each chapter and learning objectives for each section. Check your grasp of key points before moving on by answering Checkpoint questions at the end of each section. Reinforce your understanding of the learning objectives with chapter summaries, followed by the opportunity to test your new knowledge. To further help you "get it," the eleventh edition uses themes--among others, the evolution of life and the inter-relationship of structure and function--as well as interactive online and multimedia resources. Ready to go for it? Then go for BIOLOGY.

De gran reconocimiento en escuelas a nivel mundial Biología de Solomon se ha descrito como el mejor texto que se ha desarrollado para aprender biología. El libro realizado a través de sistema capitular es como una guia de construccion del conocimiento, llamando la atencion en los objetivos clave de aprendizaje. Incluye ilustraciones explicativas a todo color, cuadros de apoyo y material importante dentro de cada capitulo. Incluye sumarios y palabras clave en cada capitulo, asi como autoevaluacion y casos de reflexion.

No se han escatimado esfuerzos por actualizar el contenido y atributos pedagógicos de esta nueva edición (incluido que por primera vez en español se publica a todo color), de modo que se presente de manera precisa cada aspecto de la biologia moderna. En todo el libro se insiste en tres temas basicos: transmision de la informacion, evolucion de la vida, y flujo de energia por los sistemas vivos. Al presentar los conceptos de la biologia moderna, se explica el modo en que estos temas estan relacionados y en que la vida depende de ellos. Tambien se insiste en el proceso de la ciencia y en la funcion de los muchos cientificos que han contribuido a nuestra comprension actual de la biologia. Como en ediciones previas, en esta se incluyen diversos auxiliares didacticos para que el estudiante domine conceptos vertidos