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Summary: Excellent book, excellent web resources and CD
Review: You get your money's worth with this book. The accompanying CD and web resources provide graphics, animations, and a very good quiz and test review for each chapter. Unlike many other textbooks, which require you to pay extra for a solutions guide or study manual, this book provides all of the answers to the end-of-chapter problems, as well as additional multiple choice quizzes and tests available online or through the CD. The authors put much time and effort into this textbook, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: This book is HARD
Review: I'm a junior and I'm using this book for my AP bio class. Although this book is hard to read, there're excellent diagrams that help u understanding the concepts. Since the language of this book is hard and confusing, my biology teacher strongly recommends us to buy the student study guide for biology. If u're using this book for a class, maybe you should buy the study guide too. Because it is really helpful.
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Summary: Beware! Evolutionists on the march!
Review: Watch out folks! Devious so-called scientists continue to pour their poisons into the eyes and ears of our innocent young. They are trying to force the heretical, atheistic ideas of Charles Darwin and his hellacious spawn into the study of God's Creation. With barely a nod to the Historical Flood and the well-documented Creation of the World at 9:00 AM on October 3, 4004 BC (BCE for you atheists), they ignore the Everests of evidence against Darwinian poppycock and pretend that the idea of evolution is accepted by most scientists. Not only that, they get big bucks for peddling this evil doctrine, for which they should -- and no doubt will -- burn in Hell. Arise, Christians! Protest at the Universities, the publishers, and all who are involved in spreading this poisonous seed! Forward into the past! The Truth will out at last!
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Summary: Good Resource, and now I'm in Shape!
Review: I used this book in college when I chose to take the real, hard-core 2-semester Biology course as an elective. (I am a Physics major and I do NOT like Biology.)At the time, I found it readable, although it seemed full of information. Without a professor lecturing, I probably could not have picked out the "wheat" from the "chaff" in this book. That's where my comment in the title comes from. This is a heavy book! Now I teach high school science. I am in a really small, rural school, so I teach everything, grades 7-12. Obviously, that includes Biology, Advanced Biology, and Anatomy. As I already said, I don't like Biology. Furthermore, the textbooks I have available at my school are so error-filled and ideologically driven that I've chosen not to use them and write my own material instead. To do this, as someone who doesn't like Biology, I need an accurate, reliable source of information. This book is excellent for that. I've taught Biology long enough now to be able to pick out what I need in high school and toss the rest. This book is accurate, reliable, and clear. Furthermore, the pictures are excellent. However, in any book or writing, it is important to be brief and to the point. I would never choose this book for even an advanced course. It is too full of information. I suppose Campbell is trying to appeal to a broad market: chemistry focus, genetics focus, ecological focus, or some other focus. However, this creates a big book. Maybe this is appropriate at the college level, and this is certainly a college book, not high school, but after my experience both as a student and as a teacher, I think Campbell needs to find a focus. In short, brief summary: it is not appropriate as a textbook, particularly in high school, but it is an excellent reference book for teachers at all levels.
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Summary: In one word: Excellent!
Review: I took a biology course this summer and this was the book assigned to the course. It was a wonderful experience. The book was well written, well organized and had more details than needed. When you are learning concepts in class and you do not fully understand the root of where the info comes from or how it really works, the book is a great asset to have. This book is definitely going to remain on my reference shelf! I recommend it to anyone who needs to learn and understand Biology. Beautiful pictures!
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Summary: expensive but much info
Review: This book has many chapters(55). The authors claim in the introduction that they dont expect everyone to read or study all the chapters in high school or college. The point is why did they put all the chapters in the book then? It goes beyond just reference folks. The chapters are too descriptive and the authors have a habit for speaking in first person, instead of just giving you the facts. The CD-ROM is helpfull and some of the interviews are good just to know. The website makes you put in all these codes just to review so thats worthless too.
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Summary: Great
Review: I think this is a great book.
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Summary: good intro book
Review: This book is a relatively easy read. I have news for those that disagreed...it is SCIENCE. If you want a really simple read, go pick up a cliffnotes.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Wonderful introductory bio textbook. Material is challenging, but is presented exceptionally clearly. Lots of new stuff added to the 6th edition. Very detailed. The video lessons and activities on the cd (which comes included) helped a lot.
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Summary: A crucial introduction of chemistry, evolution, and genetics
Review: This book is a masterpiece. It begins by explaining principles of chemistry that are essential to understanding biology. Then, it thorougly covers evolution. The chapters on genetics clearly unlock the mysteries of the introductory concepts of this fascinating topic. I would recommend this book to anybody interesting in mastering the basic subjects of biology, the study of life.
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