Human Biology, 9th Edition

by Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan

Presenting core concepts in a relevant context, Starr and McMillan's HUMAN BIOLOGY gives you a clear understanding of how the human body works and helps you make well-informed choices as a consumer and voter. Each chapter opens with a human biology-related issue currently in the news that highlights the relevance of the topic. You then learn the basic concepts which help you think critically about these issues. Useful learning tools such as section ending "Take-Home Messages" and a running glossary ensure that you will understand key concepts. At the end of the chapter, "How Would You Vote," "Future Focus," and "Explore on Your Own" sections demonstrate the impact and personal relevance of the content on your life.

Genres: Textbooks, Science

608 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

For the past two decades, Cecie Starr has been known as one of the best-selling biology textbook authors. Her texts, appreciated for their clarity in both the written word and the visual representation of biological concepts, include multiple editions of BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, and BIOLOGY TODAY AND TOMORROW. Her original dream was to become an architect. Instead of building houses, she now builds, with care and attention to detail, incredible texts based on this philosophy: "I invite students into a chapter through an intriguing story. Once inside, they get the great windows that biologists construct on the world of life. Biology is not just another house. It is a conceptual mansion. I hope to do it justice."

Reviews

[Shayma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whether I get A+ or not in this book I can say that this book is amazing !
It has a good way for explain things and a lot of interesting things :D.

NOTE : I haven't read all the chapters. But I think what I have read is enough to rate this book

[Essie-Marie F. · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a biology book for school. What can I say? I suck at biology, and I still do, no offense to this book. It was okay.

[Malak Jaffar · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is really good, the way its way of talking about the subjects makes it so much easier for the reader to understand and it also have nice introductions for every chapter so i would've gave it 5 stars though it has some mistakes which need to be corrected like the ones in the chapter that's talking about cell division.
Over all it is a special book.

[Debra]

Not my favorite text book. I find it hard to follow at times, and it is not easy to remember what I've read in this book. I do, however, like that the authors try to explain the topics in an easy, laid back way. Hard to do, because it is such a technical topic.

[Edward Acabal]

Nice!!

[Latasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boring, as usual!