|  | Authors: David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians, William K. Purves, David M. Hillis
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Eighth Edition
Pages: 1121
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Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 9.3 x 1.9
ISBN: 0716776715
Dewey Decimal Number: 570
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ASIN: 0716776715
Publication Date: December 8, 2006
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 missing pages November 19, 2004
S. Richards (Atlanta, Ga USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Like many of the other reviewers have already stated, this is a great book for intro biology. If you pick it up be certain that it is not missing pages though. I read through it into Chapter 34 before finding some info missing! While reading Chp 34 pp. 673 I see that the intro to "Primates and the Origin of Humans" is repeated again on the following page. Also, on pp. 674 where this info is repeated, the info suddenly stops, and is not continued on pp 675 (which is understandable since it is all photographs), nor on pp. 676. Instead, pp. 676 begins with "Human ancestors
evolved bipedal locomotion", therefore, leaving out the connection between anthropoids and hominids. This is crucial info because it is the info that tells us where humans came from! It is some of the most critical info in all of the textbook! If you pick this book up check these pages. If it is missing this info return it immediately for a corrected copy.
++Excellent textbook studied by students in UCLA September 17, 2004
G. Recipient (UCLA Alumni)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
There's a reason why this textbook is used at one of the top public universities in the nation. It is clearly written, lots of pictures that has step-by-step comments, a concise chapter summary and discussion questions. Chapters are relatively short at 16-26 pages each, full of detailed pictures and fairly easy reading for the scientific individual. Compared to Scientific American, it is easier to read.
The CD-ROM has flashcards, animated tutorials (videos and sound), games, self-quizzes (small) and large chapter quizzes (multiple choice) with explanations for every answer you got incorrect or correct. The animation videos are very helpful in picturing abstractions such as molecular formation.
Study guide has a more in-depth chapter summary notes and more multiple choice questions with explanations to the answers. Many if not all chapters related to current news updates on science, so the book is a very recent infusion of current science developments with past biology.
UCLA students have used books from these authors for a few years now in their Life Science 1,2 courses (biology). Excellent text.
I had a fun time in the class both because of my outstanding professor Dr. Kubasak and the outstanding textbook!
 But is ok, spend time 2 memorize the details though September 5, 2004
Rudolph Tan (China-Mexico-USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Very similar to other biology books, there will not be a feature in this book that will make it significally stand-up from the other ones. In despite of that, I really recommend the website that accompanies this book. The animations are great to understand biological concepts such as PCR, operons, etc.
Everything is in great detail (too much detail for an introductory class in my opinion)... the organization could have been better to make the students understand. Sometimes I feel it provides so many details that the big picture is lost! I think that the cellular respiration chapter organization was confusing (it kept going from glycolisis to kreb's cycle back and forth.) It will be somewhat hard if you want to use this book to learn biology independently.
If you are a highschool student, I would highly recommend this book since it gives a great approximation of the type of books that will be used in university. I understand that MIT, Harvard and UCSD uses this book for their undergraduates...
Complete college biology book. August 28, 2004
Linda college student (Texas)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I used this book for my college biology classes. It was complete and has lots of info on evolution, ecology, reproduction, energy pathways, etc. I also found used
The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explantions by Patrick Leonardi Volume 1, Volume 2 and Volume 3. I was recommended these books by a fellow student. I'm glad it took his recommendation because these three study guides had the kind of study questions that my college professor asked on the exams. These questions let me in the right direction in what was important to study. Purves Textbook and these three study guides were what helped me to pass biology with flying colors.
Gargantuan April 15, 2002
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
As far as biology books go, this book is gigantic, in terms of size, information content, and price. The information contained in the book is definitely well presented (lots of nice diagrams and picture, all of which are very clear) and up-to-date. There are references to events which have occured as recently as a couple years ago. Also nice is the historical context; I've never really seen a biology book that says "this process was discovered by Dr. so-and-so, from so-and-so University/Institute of Technology, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in so-and-so year." It doesn't add a whole lot to the book, except that it adds a human dimension to the otherwise boring (sorry to any biologists who are reading this review) subject of biology.
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