WILLIAM K. PURVES

Authoritative, thorough, and engaging, Life: The Science of Biology achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability, never losing sight of either the science or the student. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them, Life covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative. This approach helps to bring the drama of classic and cutting-edge research to the classroom, but always in the context of reinforcing core ideas and the innovative scientific thinking behind them. Students will experience biology not just as a litany of facts or a highlight reel of experiments, but as a rich, coherent discipline. The new edition builds on Life''s enduring strengths by doing what this acclaimed text has always done: combine a contemporary view of the discipline with innovative teaching and learning features. New chapters and essays, an enhanced art program, and standard-setting media and supplements combine to make this edition the finest yet. View www.thelifewire.com for more information.

This is the #2 introductory biology textbook on the market. The discipline of biology is comprised of many sub-disciplines, so the introductory course has a diverse range of different topic to cover. "Life" greatly benefits by an author team that spans the different areas of specialty in biology and offers a highly authoritative presentation of each of the books parts giving the book the richness for which it is praised. In addition, it is the most experimentally-based text, thereby allowing instructors to discuss not only what we know of the field today, but also how we came about this knowledge by detailing research that has been conducted and what was learned.

Las características principales de esta obra son: - Brevedad: Escrita de forma clara y concisa. - Utilización de figuras como fuente primaria de enseñanza. - Énfasis en los experimentos: Incluye 72 figuras con un formato especial que muestra como los experimentos, las observaciones de campo y los metodos comparativos ayudan a los biologos a formular y probar las hipotesis. - La evolucion es el tema principal que relaciona los capitulos y les proporciona continuidad. - Incluye resumenes en cada capitulo que ayudan a revisar con rapidez los puntos principales que se han leido.

Esta obra introduce al lector al mundo fascinante de la Naturaleza y ofrece una visión atractiva y global de la ciencia biológica. Con la ayuda de conceptos comprensibles y fáciles de recordar, transmite un sentido de aventura en la investigacion biologica. El objetivo de sus autores es el de estimular el interes del alumno por la "Ciencia de la Vida". Una obra que considere lo esencial de la Biologia y al mismo tiempo incorpore los nuevos conocimientos, incluso relacionados con el genoma humano, resultaba imprescindible para dotar a los estudiantes de los principios fundamentales de esta ciencia. Por ello, esta sexta edicion por los nuevos conocimientos que aporta y su iconografia y diseño, se convierte en la alternativa esencial que transmite a los estudiantes el entusiasmo por esta disciplina