Campbell Biology Author: Jane B. Reece | Language: English | ISBN:
0321775651 | Format: PDF
Campbell Biology Description
The Tenth Edition of the best-selling text Campbell BIOLOGY helps launch you to success in biology through its clear and engaging narrative, superior pedagogy, and innovative use of art and photos to promote student learning.
The Tenth Edition helps you develop a deeper understanding of biology by making connections visually across chapters and building the scientific skills needed for success in upper-level courses.
- New Make Connections Figures pull together content from different chapters visually, helping you see “big picture” relationships.
- New Scientific Skills Exercises in every chapter use real data to build key skills needed for biology, including data analysis, graphing, experimental design, and math skills.
- New examples show you how our ability to sequence DNA and proteins rapidly and inexpensively is transforming every subfield of biology.
- Hardcover: 1488 pages
- Publisher: Benjamin Cummings; 10 edition (November 10, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0321775651
- ISBN-13: 978-0321775658
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.2 x 2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This edition is more detailed than 9th edition. I love the stuff that they added and revised, such as better pictures and improved examples. The 7th and 9th edition are adequate enough to learn basic biology, but keeping updated with new editions is wise.
Firstly, there are pros and cons for the hardcover and three-ring binder options...
Hardcover: Pro: the whole thing is in one whole piece. Con: the hard cover option is REALLY HEAVY to carry around!
Three-ring binder option: Pro: student can customize how they can segment the chapters by putting the pages in a three-ring binder, so they are not carrying around to much weight of the other chapters. Con: the pages are flimsy and can be torn out of the three-ring binder, if you do not handle the pages with care. also, you have to buy your own three-ring binders to put the pages in before you open the plastic, which is securing your new book.
So, if you are a guy like me, who can carry extra weight and likes all the pages secured together, you should buy the hardcover. If you are going to buy the hardcover, you will be reading it in front of a desk.
However, if you are someone who cant hold up heavy books while reading on the couch (or non-desk), you should buy the three-ring binder option.
By Justin R.
The newer editions of the Campbell book just are not as good as the ones from 20 years ago. The canned teachers presentations, test generation software and the student extras sold by masteringbiology.com are becoming filled with self-aggrandizing statements. The effort to keep it fresh and at the same time have a multitude of contributors: pages and pages worth of names of contributors is turning a once great and well known text book in to collective committee mush. Parts are hard to understand, like Chapter 11’s cell-to-cell communication, again probably a result of everyone on the committee having to put their two cents in. I'd recommend the editions from 2000 and prior, but with each subsequent edition the "Campbell Biology Franchise" is growing worse.
By Stinki
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