Main description:

For non-majors/mixed biology courses.

Helping students understand why biology matters

Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology makes biology interesting and understandable for non-majors biology students. This best-selling textbook, known for its scientific accuracy, clear explanations, and intuitive illustrations, has been revised to further emphasize the relevance of biology to everyday life, using memorable analogies, real-world examples, conversational language, engaging new Why Biology Matters photo essays, and more.

MasteringBiology not included. Students, if MasteringBiology is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN and course ID. MasteringBiology should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

MasteringBiology is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product that improves results by helping students quickly master concepts. Students benefit from self-paced tutorials that feature immediate wrong-answer feedback and hints that emulate the office-hour experience to help keep students on track. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, many of them contributed by Essential Biology authors, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain tough course concepts. New MasteringBiology activities for this edition include "Essential Biology" videos that help students efficiently review key topics outside of class, "Evaluating Science in the Media" activities that help students to build science literacy skills, and "Scientific Thinking" coaching activities that guide students in understanding the scientific method.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Biology Today

Unit 1: Cells

Chapter 2: Essential Chemistry for Biology

Chapter 3: The Molecules of Life

Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell

Chapter 5: The Working Cell

Chapter 6: Cellular Respiration: Obtaining Energy from Food

Chapter 7: Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food

Unit 2: Genetics

Chapter 8: Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells

Chapter 9: Patterns of Inheritance

Chapter 10: The Structure and Function of DNA

Chapter 11: How Genes Are Controlled

Chapter 12: DNA Technology

Unit 3: Evolution and Diversity

Chapter 13: How Populations Evolve

Chapter 14: How Biological Diversity Evolves

Chapter 15: The Evolution of Microbial Life

Chapter 16: The Evolution of Plants and Fungi

Chapter 17: The Evolution of Animals

Unit 4: Ecology

Chapter 18: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

Chapter 19: Population Ecology

Chapter 20: Communities and Ecosystems

Unit 5: Animal Structure and Function

Chapter 21: Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function

Chapter 22: Nutrition and Digestion

Chapter 23: Circulation and Respiration

Chapter 24: The Body's Defenses

Chapter 25: Hormones

Chapter 26: Reproduction and Development

Chapter 27: Nervous, Sensory, and Locomotor Systems

Unit 6: Plant Structure and Function

Chapter 28: The Life of a Flowering Plant

Chapter 29: The Working Plant

(NOTE: Another version of this text is available that does not include Chapters 21-29. See ISBN 9780133909708)