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THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF LIFE
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The science of biology evolves. The science classroom and lab evolve. In this edition, as always, Life: The Science of Biology evolves with them, in innovative, authoritative, and captivating ways.
From the first edition to the present, Life has set the standard for being the most balanced experimentally-based introductory biology text. Life has always presented how we know (the process of science through experiments) as well as what we know (facts derived from these experiments). The new edition builds on this legacy, again teaching fundamental concepts and the latest deve… More >>
#1 by leon on February 22, 2010 - 4:06 pm
i bought this text cause it was required for class. It’s pretty good, i don’t know why you’d read it for fun, but it’s a pretty good textbook.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on February 22, 2010 - 4:36 pm
the details of biology in “life” by purves, are descriptive. the pictures are also descriptive and tell a lot of information needed to process biology.
Rating: 3 / 5
#3 by Selma Cuya on February 22, 2010 - 6:51 pm
I received the book quickly and it was in great condition. I am very happy with my purchase.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by N. Johnson on February 22, 2010 - 7:01 pm
well, I would be happy to review my product except I never got it! I tried contacting the seller three times & was not successful. Needless to say, I never received my order after a month from placing the original order.
Very Unsatisfied
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by Terence Tong on February 22, 2010 - 8:58 pm
I decided to buy this book instead of borrowing from the library because of the pretty colorful pictures it has. However, I regret spending $100 on this book because the text is poorly orgnanized. Although some chapters are written well, you will see content are scrambled within some chapters making it hard to take notes. There are also errors like they mentioned that Th cell help cellular response, but they ever tell you how. The activation gate and inactivation gate mentioned in the neuron chapters are confusing. The mentioned it on the text, but they don’t show it on the pictures.
I need to admit that their animation, tutorial in their web site are awesome.
I would recommed the campbell book instead
Rating: 2 / 5