Human Aging: Biological Perspectives

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With the growing size of the elderly population comes an increased interest in aging as a subject of research and study. Human Aging: Biological Perspectives is written for the one-quarter or one-semester introductory level course and is aimed at students with little or no science background. The main structure of the text follows a body systems approach. In addition to the introductory chapter and a chapter covering molecules, cells, and the theories of aging, each body system is covered in its own chapter.

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Bio: Old but Good.......2006-08-20

I am a little surprised that my instructor used this book seeing as it is about 4 editions old. Other than that it is a good book.

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Great for quick studying
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good
Great reference for college bio
Good supplement

Biology (Cliffs Quick Review)
I. Edward Alcamo , and Kelly Schweitzer
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ASIN: 0764563750

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CliffsQuickReview course guides cover the essentials of your toughest subjects. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions.

Whether you're new to elements, atoms, and molecules or just brushing up on your knowledge of the subject, CliffsQuickReview Biology can help. This guide carries biological studies into topics such as organic compounds, cellular respiration, transgenic animals, and human reproduction. You'll also tackle other concepts, including

The process of photosynthesis
Mitosis and cell reproduction
Inheritance patterns
Principles of evolution
The unity and diversity of life

CliffsQuickReview Biology acts as a supplement to your other learning materials. Use this reference in any way that fits your personal style for study and review — you decide what works best with your needs. You can flip through the book until you find what you're looking for — it's organized to gradually build on key concepts. Here are just a few other ways you can search for topics:

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Great for quick studying .......2007-07-08

This book was a great help in addition to my text book in Biology. It helps to compact information so I was able to pick out only the facts. This is a great tool for people who are trying to CLEP their Biology.

Very helpful........2007-01-16

I used this book to help me prepare for the PRAXIS II content knowledge test in biology (it's one of those awful standardized tests). It was generally very good at covering all of the topics necessary in a concise and easy-to-understand manner. There were occasions when I was less impressed by the way in which a topic was explained or laid out, but it is definitely a good supplement or review for someone who has other sources for learning or re-learning the material. (My main gripe was with photosynthesis.) But for a 200 page book on the vast topic of biology, it certainly did its job, and helped me pass my test.

good .......2005-09-02

The book was what I needed but I later had to find more information to complete my work. Overall the book was fine. The service, well it took forever to get here, but okay.

Great reference for college bio.......2004-08-15

This book is definitely written in a reader friendly manner. It's nice and brief. It gets right to the point without having to read the same passage over and over again. I also recommend:
The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations
(Volume 1: isbn 1933023007)
(Volume 2: isbn 1933023015)
(Volume 3: isbn 1933023023)
These three study guides helped me to get excellent grades. They had the kind of questions that I got on my college biology tests. The Biology Cliff Notes made biology learning a lot faster.

Good supplement.......2003-08-31

This is a good supplement for those taking a biology class. Explains things in a nice, condensed version. Reinforces knowledge in an easy, concise manner.
Recommend to parents helping their children with their high school biology class.

The Ultimate Study Guide For Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations (Topics: Origin of Living Things & Chemistry of Life, Structure and Function of the Cell & Energy Pathways, Reproduction and Heredity, Genetics) Volume 1

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Study guide has great questions for test preparation.
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The Ultimate Study Guide For Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations (Topics: Origin of Living Things & Chemistry of Life, Structure and Function of the Cell & Energy Pathways, Reproduction and Heredity, Genetics) Volume 1
Patrick Leonardi
Manufacturer: Silver Educational Publishing
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ASIN: 1933023007

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This is the most specific and thorough study guide for college biology. It is written in an "easy to understand style". This test preparation study guide covers the following: Origin of Living Things & Chemistry of Life, Structure and Function of the Cell & Energy Pathways such as Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Anaerobic Respiration, Alcohol Fermentation, Electron Transport Chain, Photosynthesis, Photosystem I, Photosystem II, Calvin Cycle. In addition, Electron Magnetic Spectrum, Mitosis, Meiosis, Phases of the Cell Cycle, Reproduction, Heredity, and Genetics are also thorougly covered.

This is Volume 1 of a three volume series. Volume 2 covers Evolution, Ecology, Kingdom Bacteria, Kingdom Protista, Kingdom Fungi & Viruses, Plant Form and Function. Volume 3 covers Kingdom Animalia, Organization of the Animal Body, Animal Form and Function. Volume 3 also covers Animal Reproduction, Development and Behavior.

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Study guide has great questions for test preparation. .......2005-02-06

The questions and answers were so helpful in this book. I could test myself to see what I knew or didn't know for my college exams. The questions really were key to helping me get very good grades. I also highly recommend his Volume 2 and Volume 3 of The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology. If you want to increase your chances of getting excellent grades, I would definitely get these three books.

Excellent Study Guide!.......2004-08-21

This study guide had pratically every type of question I needed to know for my college biology exams. The author really knows what is asked on exams. His explanations were very good, too. This was a wonderful learning tool because I could test myself to see how much I really knew for the exam. I found it better to get the questions wrong in this study guide then to get them wrong on the exams. I used his other two volumes also which
are--- The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Volume 2 and The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Volume 3. These guides were very helpful for biology I and biology II.

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Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology
Donald C Rizzo
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ASIN: 1401871887

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Designed for allied health learners with little or no biology knowledge, this full-color book is a comprehensive introduction to anatomy & physiology. It is organized according to body systems, and focuses on the body working together to promote homeostasis. Chapters are self-contained so instructors can teach in any order preferred. Essential laboratory exercises included at the end of chapters provide hands-on lab experience. Key terms with phonetic pronunciations help build vocabulary. Free interactive CD-ROM encourages mastery of content through quizzes, games, and animations.

Modeling and Simulation of Capsules and Biological Cells

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Microflows and Nanoflows: Fundamentals and Simulation (Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics)

ASIN: 1584883596

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In the past three decades, considerable progress has been made in the mathematical analysis, modeling, and simulation of the fluid dynamics of liquid capsules and biological cells. In this book, leaders in the field explore topics related to the modeling and numerical simulation of capsule fluid dynamics and cell biomechanics. Providing an outstanding overview of the subject, the authors include results from their own ongoing research. The book covers the fundamentals of cell and membrane mechanics, modeling hydrodynamics under various flow conditions, and drop and bubble dynamics associated with temperature variations and surfactant transport. The clear exposition and stand-alone format provided by Modeling and Simulation of Capsules and Biological Cells puts state-of-the-art information in a single source that will undoubtedly motivate further work in this developing field.

Cell and Molecular Biology of the Testis

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Cell and Molecular Biology of the Testis

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This book is a comprehensive, multi-authored work on the structure and function of the mammalian testis. The approach emphasizes gene expression, translation and production of specific gene products and the cellular and molecular regulation of these fundamental processes. Rather than provide a global survey of all aspects of male reproduction, this book stresses specific mechanisms that underscore the structure and function of the testis. It explains old and new concepts from a cellular and molecular perspective. This novel approach allows the authors to forge links between cell and molecular biology and well-established aspects of spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis. The result is a well-focused, comprehensive, and synthetic analysis of testicular biology.

Assisted Fertilization and Nuclear Transfer in Animals (Contemporary Endocrinology)

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Assisted Fertilization and Nuclear Transfer in Animals (Contemporary Endocrinology)

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Don P. Wolf and Mary Zelinski-Wooten provide a comprehensive review of the procedures and techniques used in assisted reproduction, as well as in nuclear transfer for both the treatment of human infertility and the propagation of animals. Combining the details of clinical application with the physiological facts of reproduction, the authors treat subjects such as the in vitro maturation of oocytes, embryo culture, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and the process of nuclear transfer. Cutting-edge and wide-ranging, Assisted Fertilization and Nuclear Transfer in Mammals offers clinical ARTs practitioners, research scientists, those responsible for animal care, and students not only an informative historical perspective on the development of ARTs, but also updates on several of the more dynamic clinical areas, and a highly practical understanding of their applications.

Sex, Cells, and Same-Sex Desire: The Biology of Sexual Preference (The Research on Homosexuality Series) (The Research on Homosexuality Series)

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Sex, Cells, and Same-Sex Desire: The Biology of Sexual Preference (The Research on Homosexuality Series) (The Research on Homosexuality Series)
John P. De Cecco
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Biology with ESP CD-ROM and OLC passcard

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Yes, attack creationism!
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Good book, but attack on special creation unneccessary

Biology with ESP CD-ROM and OLC passcard
Sylvia S. Mader
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ASIN: 0072508191

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How do you make a great text even better? By creating new art and photographs and enhancing the multimedia and supplements package.

The new seventh edition of Biology by best-selling author/expert Sylvia Mader, has integrated outstanding new elements giving it a quality unmatched by any other biology text. With its complete, comprehensive coverage of core biology concepts, students at all levels will benefit from its use.

For more than 20 years Dr. Mader has successfully helped students learn the structure and function of the human body. A brilliant and prolific writer, Dr. Mader was a respected and well-loved biology instructor before she began her writing career. Her descriptive writing style, carefully constructed pedagogy, and accent on key terms and concepts provides students with a firm grasp on how their bodies function. In her twenty-year career with McGraw-Hill, she has written an impressive collection of textbooks including Inquiry into Life, tenth edition, Human Biology, seventh edition, and Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology, third edition. Throughout the years, her goal remains the same-"to give students what they need to best understand biology."

This text is color customizable so you can create a text that fits your course perfectly.

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Yes, attack creationism!.......2006-06-08

"A Reader" wrote, "Good book, but attack on special creation unneccessary". I couldn't disagree more. Putting creationism in its correct place is precisely what good science should do. Part of the job of science is defeating old myths and faith-based means of "explanation" and replacing them with real science. So not only should evolution be taught but creationism should be explicitly mentioned by name and refuted. Science is a process and the best way to show that is to illustrate how it got to where it is today. That means the course of thought leading to today's science must be a part of the scenario. Thus, creationism should be shown wrong and refuted. After all, any astronomy course will show the roots of astronomy in the pre-science ideas that preceded it. Similarly a chemistry course must show how modern chemistry emerged from its precedents such as alchemy.

And that is what this book does. To call for any other approach would clearly be to call for special treatment for creationism. And this would be a giveaway as to the motivations of the person calling for such special treatment.

Great for Indiependent Learning.......2003-01-23

I used this text for a course that I took from Cal Berkeley Extension - online. That is an internet course. I am considering a career change from physical sciences to biotech and need to come up to speed rapidly.

The course covered only the first 2 units (first 17 chapters) so I will only speak to that. This text, with CD ROM (2) and internet learning center is GREAT! Looking at the entire package this is a great way to learn biology. The material covered in those first 17 chapters are exactly what one needs to know - elementary biochem; cell structure; genetics; gene expression; biotech. The illustrations are great and consistent (eg., phosphate groups are always orange-yellow) throughout the text. Actually, I would say that it is about the best illustrated text I have ever seen in my life. The on-line quizes (about 64 questions/chapter) let you know if you have really mastered the material or not. Independent questions at the end of every chapter all have answers in the appendix - so again you can check your understanding. The web site has shockwave art match the parts of the cell to the labels all as part of a package to independently learn biology.

I would say it would be helpful to have a year of college chemistry before plunging into this course - but the chemistry is not too sophisticated. The focus is on essentials - but with understanding. For people considering a switch into biology and want to study independently, I reccomend this book highly. I do not easily give 5 stars - but this book earns it.

Good book, but attack on special creation unneccessary.......2002-07-27

I really liked the 6th edition of this text, which I used for both semesters of General Biology. The illustrations were clear and I think Mader had a clear grasp of the concepts of biology. However, as a molecular biology major and as a person who has seen no evidence that macroevolution has occurred, I object to her characterization of creationism as unscientific. Mader is bold enough to actually state in Chapter 1 (in a connecting concepts box)"When faith is involved, a hypothesis cannont be tested in a purely objective way." She neglects to consider the exorbinant amount of faith it takes to believe in macroevolution. This is a theory which in all actuality is untestable. Furthermore, her statement which was quoted above would be considered by many to be "bad science"! She makes no reference to any studies which support her hypothesis. And I don't believe I've ever heard of any. In the fields of genetics and molecular biology, as we come to understand the complexity of living organisms, the theory of evolution just becomes more and more untenable. It's fine if Dr. Mader believes in evolution. That's her choice. But to go out of her way to rip the growing number of scientists who disagree with her was gratuitous and mean-spirited. This caused me to question HER objectivity throughout the rest of the book.

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Aging of Cells, Humans, and Societies
Ian K. Ross
Manufacturer: William C. Brown
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ASIN: 0697203271

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The interest in college-level courses on human aging is growing as the U.S. population ages. These courses are showing up in various departments, from biology to psychology and sociology. Have you found a human-aging text designed for your life science course?

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