Human Biology

by Cecie Starr

This title presents the core areas of human biology, with an emphasis on not only the internal world, but how we impact our external world.

Genres: Textbooks, Science

640 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

[Yvonne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pacing and Rhythm The pacing of the story is moderate, neither too fast nor too slow. It gives the reader enough time to process the information before moving on to the next section. There is a clear sense of progression as the chapters unfold. To see the estimated reading time for each section, click here. >>> https://script.google.com/macros/s/AK...

[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!!

[Tashie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boring, as usual!