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KEY BENEFIT : With a proven and effective tradition of engaging readers with real-world applications, high-interest case studies, and inquiry-based pedagogy, Biology: Life on Earth fosters a lifetime of discovery and scientific understanding. Maintaining the conversational, question-and-answer presentation style that has made the text a best-seller, the Eleventh Edition continues to incorporate true and relevant Case Studies throughout each chapter, along with new, more extensive guidance for developing critical thinking skills and scientific literacy.

For coverage of plant and animal anatomy & physiology, an alternate edition, Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology , Eleventh Edition , is also available.

KEY TOPICS : An Introduction to Life on Earth ; Atoms, Molecules, and Life; Biological Molecules; Cell Structure and Function; Cell Membrane Structure and Function; Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell; Capturing Solar Energy: Photosynthesis; Harvesting Energy: Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration ; The Continuity of Life: Cellular Reproduction; Patterns of Inheritance; DNA: The Molecule of Heredity; Gene Expression and Regulation; Biotechnology ; Principles of Evolution; How Populations Evolve; The Origin of Species; The History of Life; Systematics: Seeking Order Amid Diversity; The Diversity of Prokaryotes and Viruses; The Diversity of Protists; The Diversity of Plants; The Diversity of Fungi; Animal Diversity I: Invertebrates; Animal Diversity II: Vertebrates ; Animal Behavior; Population Growth and Regulation; Community Interactions; Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems; Earth's Diverse Ecosystems; Conserving Earth's Biodiversity ; Homeostasis and the Organization of the Animal Body; Circulation; Respiration; Nutrition and Digestion; The Urinary System; Defense Against Disease; Chemical Control of the Animal Body; The Endocrine System; The Nervous System; The Senses; Action and Support: The Muscles and Skeletonl Animal Reproduction; Animal Development ; Plant Anatomy and Nutrient Transport; Plant Reproduction and Development; Plant Responses to the Environment

MARKET : For anyone interested in Biology.

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TERRY AND GERRY AUDESIRK grew up in New Jersey, where they met as undergraduates. After marrying in 1970, they moved to California, where Terry earned her doctorate in marine ecology at the University of Southern California and Gerry earned his doctorate in neurobiology at the California Institute of Technology. As postdoctoral students at the University of Washington's marine laboratories, they worked together on the neural bases of behavior, using a marine mollusk as a model system.

They are now emeritus professors of biology at the University of Colorado Denver, where they taught introductory biology and neurobiology from 1982 through 2006. In their research, funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health, they investigated the mechanisms by which neurons are harmed by low levels of environmental pollutants and protected by estrogen.

Terry and Gerry share a deep appreciation of nature and of the outdoors. They enjoy hiking in the Rockies, walking near their home in Steamboat Springs, and attempting to garden at 7,000 feet in the presence of hungry deer and elk. They are long-time members of many conservation organizations. Their daughter, Heather, provides another welcome focus to their lives.

BRUCE E. BYERS is a midwesterner transplanted to the hills of western Massachusetts, where he is a professor in the biology department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He's been a member of the faculty at UMass (where he also completed his doctoral degree) since 1993. Bruce teaches introductory biology courses for both nonmajors and majors; he also teaches courses in ornithology and animal behavior.

A lifelong fascination with birds ultimately led Bruce to scientific exploration of avian biology. His current research focuses on the behavioral ecology of birds, especially on the function and evolution of the vocal signals that birds use to communicate. The pursuit of vocalizations often takes Bruce outdoors, where he can be found before dawn, tape recorder in hand, awaiting the first songs of a new day.