Biological Science
Exploring the Science of Life
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 29 July 2022
- ISBN 9780198783688
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages1416 pages
- Size 273x220x47 mm
- Weight 3045 g
- Language English 1183
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Short description:
A fresh approach to biology centred on a clear narrative, active learning, and confidence with quantitative concepts and scientific enquiry. Spanning the breadth of biological science and designed for flexible learning, it will give you a deeper understanding of the key concepts, and an appreciation of biology as a dynamic experimental science.
MoreLong description:
Biological Science: Exploring the Science of Life responds to the key needs of lecturers and their students by placing a clear central narrative, carefully-structured active learning, and confidence with quantitative concepts and scientific enquiry central to its approach.
Written by a team of dedicated and passionate academics, and shaped by feedback from over 55 institutions, its straightforward narrative, reinforced by key concept overview videos for every chapter, communicate key ideas clearly: the right information is provided at the right time, and at the right depth.
Its pause and think features, self-check quizzes, and graded end of chapter questions, augmented by flashcards of key terms, directly support active learning. The combination of narrative text and learning features promote a rich, active learning experience: read, watch, and do.
Its combination of Quantitative Toolkits, Scientific Process panels, and the Life and its Exploration chapters provide more insight and support than any other general biology text; they prepare students to engage with this quantitative and experimental discipline with confidence, and set them on a path for success throughout their future studies.
With coverage that spans the full scale of biological science - from molecule to ecosystem - and with an approach that fully supports flexible, self-paced learning, Biological Science: Exploring the Science of Life will set you on a path towards a deeper understanding of the key concepts in biology, and a greater appreciation of biology as a dynamic experimental science.
Digital formats and resources
Biological Science: Exploring the Science of Life is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.
The enhanced ebook is enriched with features that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
- Key concepts videos support students from the start of every chapter and as they make their way through every Module.
- Self-check questions at the end of each chapter section give students quick and formative feedback, building their confidence and comprehension as they study and revise.
- Quantitative skills video screencasts help students to master the foundational skills required by this discipline.
- Interactive figures give students the control they need to step through, and gain mastery over, key concepts.
- Per-chapter flashcard glossaries help students to recall the key terms and concepts on which further study can be built.
This is the most exciting and effective textbook for university-level biosciences that I have seen, and its impact on our students will be exceptional.
Table of Contents:
Life and its Exploration: Foundational Principles
Topic 1: Exploring the science of life
Topic 2: The emergence of life on Earth
Topic 3: Defining Life
Topic 4: Evolutionary processes
Topic 5: The diversity, organisation, and classification of life
Quantitative Toolkits
Quantitative Toolkit 1: Understanding data
Quantitative Toolkit 2: Size and scale
Quantitative Toolkit 3: Describing data
Quantitative Toolkit 4: Ratio and proportion
Quantitative Toolkit 5: Understanding samples
Quantitative Toolkit 6: Designing experiments
Quantitative Toolkit 7: Assessing patterns
Quantitative Toolkit 8: Formulae and equations
Quantitative Toolkit 9: Rates of change
Module 1 LIFE AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL
Building blocks: molecules and macromolecules
Energy: powering biochemical processes
Information: genes and genomes
Mendelian genetics
Reading the genome: gene expression and protein synthesis
Proteins and proteomes
Metabolism: energy capture and release from food
Molecular tools and techniques
Module 2 LIFE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL
Characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Cell division in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Microbial diversity
The growth, measurement, and visualisation of cells
Microbes in life: harnessing their power
Microbes as agents of infectious disease
Viruses
Module 3 THE HUMAN ORGANISM: TISSUES, ORGANS, AND SYSTEMS
Physiology overview
Communication and control 1: introducing the nervous and endocrine systems
Communication and control 2: sensory systems
Communication and control 3: controlling organ systems
Muscle and movement
Cardiovascular system
Respiratory system
Exercise physiology
Renal system
Digestive system
Reproductive system
Immune system
Module 4 ORGANISMAL DIVERSITY: STRUCTURE, ADAPTATION, AND SURVIVAL
The structure of living organisms
Body plans
Interaction with the external environment
Movement, locomotion, and migration
Defence against predation and invasion
Reproduction and development
Module 5 ORGANISMS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTS
Fundamental concepts: ecology, evolution, species, and speciation
Genes: evolutionary change in alleles, genotypes, and phenotypes
Populations: quantifying demographics and modelling change
Communities: species interactions and biodiversity metrics
Ecosystems: abiotic interactions and environmental processes
Challenges: key threats to ecosystems
Solutions: managing, conserving, and restoring ecosystems
