This new non-majors biology textbook offers an engaging writing style, strong focus on scientific inquiry and evolution, an emphasis on applications and a superior pedagogical system within a concepts format. Content: This text takes a concepts approach, with up-to-date content delivered at a nonmajors level. Each chapter is built around a set of core concepts.

Authorship: This is the only single-authored, non-majors text written by a Ph.D. biologist, who is an active, tenured, award-winning teacher from a well-respected research university.

Scientific Inquiry: This text emphasizes science as a process and how scientists do their work.

Evolution: Evolution is the central theme of the text and addressed in multiple way throughout.

Media: This text includes a multitude of media assets include learning outcomes, animations, videos, and quizzing.

Applications: The text several features that highlight the relevance of topics to readers, including an opening essays, Burning Questions boxed readings, Can You Relate boxed readings, and applications woven throughout all chapters in the narrative.

Art/Visuals: This text includes a brand new art program with a 3-dimensional look and feel, using consistent color and style throughout.

Pedagogy: Leaning tools in this text include two-page chapter openers, numbered concepts, boxed readings, Mastering Concepts questions at the end of major sections, and substantive end-of-chapter assessment material.
Key features

Beautiful colour-coordinated art and photo programme, developed with the purpose of instruction. Each art figure has been thoroughly analyzed by the development team, our faculty consultant group, and by the authors
Benefit : Instructive art program enable the illustrations to 'tell the story'. Much care was taken in making sure the art was educational.

Instructive art program enable the illustrations to 'tell the story'. Much care was taken in making sure the art was educational (not just beuatiful).

The Concepts of LIFe author team, lead by Dr. Marielle Hoefnagles and of co-authors Drs. Ricki Lewis, Douglas Gaffin, Marielle Hoefnagels, and Bruce Parker, are instructors, like you, who are committed to bringing accurate and current biology to students, in an interesting and engaging manner. Concept of Life will lead your students through the biological concepts needed to better understand their journey down the path of Life.
Benefit: The author team has been carefully selected to blend the best of their talents and strengths. This means that instructors and students will benefit from contributors with overlapping and complementary expertise.

The author team has been carefully selected to blend the best of their talents and strengths. This means that instructors and students will benefit from contributors with overlapping and complementary expertise.

The six BSCS themes are used as the framework to present biological concepts throughout - BSCS themes are: evolution; patterns and products of change; interaction and interdependence; genetic continuity and reproduction; growth development, and differentiation ; energy, matter, and organization; maintenance of a dynamic equilibrium.

Text Organization. The organization of Concpets of LIFe reflects a more traditional flow of information. The table of contents is accurate and up-to-date.
Benefit: The Table of Contents reflects the most popular and modern pedagogical organization used in teaching the non-majors biology course.

The Table of Contents reflects the most popular and modern pedagogical organization used in teaching the non-majors biology course.

Ancillary Program. The instructor and student supplements package will be in this non-majros market. You will find all illustrations ( over 500) in the transparency set, all art and photographs from the text on a Instructors Presentation CD ROM, over 300 life science animations for classroom presentation, Active Art, Animations developed from text specific illustrations, Student and Instructor Online Learning Center and a Course Solutions staff who can help you pull it all together.
Benefit : Instructors have been askinf for these types of ancillaries and Concepts of Life is the first to deliver.

Instructors have been askinf for these types of ancillaries and Concepts of Life is the first to deliver.

Writing Style. A captivating writing style, blending Hoefnagles and Lewis' talents as a college professor, accomplished biologist, and science writer with the expertise scientifically diverse author team.
Benefit: The writing style is one tht employs a lively, story-telling writing style and uses current, true-life examples to engage student interest.

The writing style is one tht employs a lively, story-telling writing style and uses current, true-life examples to engage student interest.

Chapter by Chapter colour customization -Professors now have the option to select only the chapters they cover in lecture and lab allowing students savings in book costs.

Table of contents
Unit 1: The Cellular Basis of Life
1. What is Life?
2. The Chemistry of Life
3. The Dynamic Cell
4. The Energy of Life
5. Photosynthesis
6. How Cells Release Energy
Unit 2: The Molecular Basis of Life
7. DNA Structure and Replication
8. The Cell Cycle
9. Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
10. Patterns of Inheritance
11. Chromosomes and Human Inheritance Patterns
12. Gene Function, Gene Regulation, and Biotechnology
Unit 3: The Evolution of Life
13. The Forces of Evolutionary Change
14. Speciation and Extinction
15. Evidence for Evolution
16. The Origin and History of Life
Unit 4: The Diversity of Life
17. Viruses and Simple Infectious Agents
18. Bacteria and Archaea
19. Protista
20. Plants
21. Fungi
22. Animals I ? Invertebrates
23. Animals II ? Vertebrates
Unit 5: Plant Life
24. Plant Form and Function
25. Plant Nutrition and Transport
26. Reproduction and Development of Flowering Plants
Unit 6: Animal Life
27. Animal Tissues, Organ Systems and Homeostasis
28. The Nervous System
29. The Sensory System
30. The Endocrine System
31. The Musculoskeletal System
32. The Circulatory System
33. The Respiratory System
34. Digestion and Animal Nutrition
35. Regulation of Temperature and Body Fluids
36. The Immune System
37. Animal Reproduction and Development
Unit 7: The Ecology of Life
38. Animal Behavior
39. Populations
40. Communities and Ecosystems
41. The Biosphere
42. Conserving Biodiversity

Unit 1: The Cellular Basis of Life
1. What is Life?
2. The Chemistry of Life
3. The Dynamic Cell
4. The Energy of Life
5. Photosynthesis
6. How Cells Release Energy
Unit 2: The Molecular Basis of Life
7. DNA Structure and Replication
8. The Cell Cycle
9. Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
10. Patterns of Inheritance
11. Chromosomes and Human Inheritance Patterns
12. Gene Function, Gene Regulation, and Biotechnology
Unit 3: The Evolution of Life
13. The Forces of Evolutionary Change
14. Speciation and Extinction
15. Evidence for Evolution
16. The Origin and History of Life
Unit 4: The Diversity of Life
17. Viruses and Simple Infectious Agents
18. Bacteria and Archaea
19. Protista
20. Plants
21. Fungi
22. Animals I ? Invertebrates
23. Animals II ? Vertebrates
Unit 5: Plant Life
24. Plant Form and Function
25. Plant Nutrition and Transport
26. Reproduction and Development of Flowering Plants
Unit 6: Animal Life
27. Animal Tissues, Organ Systems and Homeostasis
28. The Nervous System
29. The Sensory System
30. The Endocrine System
31. The Musculoskeletal System
32. The Circulatory System
33. The Respiratory System
34. Digestion and Animal Nutrition
35. Regulation of Temperature and Body Fluids
36. The Immune System
37. Animal Reproduction and Development
Unit 7: The Ecology of Life
38. Animal Behavior
39. Populations
40. Communities and Ecosystems
41. The Biosphere
42. Conserving Biodiversity