Biology 2e
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3.9 • 11 Ratings
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- $0.99
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Publisher Description
Biology 2e is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens. Biology includes rich features that engage students in scientific inquiry, highlight careers in the biological sciences, and offer everyday applications. The book also includes various types of practice and homework questions that help students understand—and apply—key concepts.
The 2nd edition has been revised to incorporate clearer, more current, and more dynamic explanations, while maintaining the same organization as the first edition. Art and illustrations have been substantially improved, and the textbook features additional assessments and related resources.
Customer Reviews
Only a few technical difficulties
Review/ Critical thinking questions at the end of the chapters don’t load for most chapters, so you’ll have to view them online.
Also, text might get updated online but there is not a way to update the book if you purchased it already.
Great resource
Okay so the sample format is way different than the actual book format if purchased please keep this in mind and give them a chance, useful information at a great price (or zero) for students
Missing Section(s) in iBook and Amateurish Editing
It may seem harsh to condemn a book whose content is free in most places (though not the iBooks Store) as amateurish, but many fully open-source projects maintain a high degree of professionalism. This is not one of them. At least one section, entitled Hydrocarbon Rings, is completely hidden in the iBooks version (defect ID 13191). The text is present somewhere in the file, as a search for “aliphatic” will reveal its initial definition, which is not visible in the text. I suspect there may be other missing sections, as I merely chanced to discover this one, but I have not done a systematic search. Neither, demonstrably, have the editors.
To their credit, there is an open errata page, which I suggest perusing before deciding on whether to use this textbook, and especially on whether to use this edition or to wait for corrections to be made. More subjectively, on topics I have read about previously, the exposition here is generally less clear and lacking in polish; on topics which are new to me, the exposition is often hard to follow, and once I understand the material, seems unnecessarily unclear.