Product Description

Building on the success of the second edition, this truly accessible textbook comprehensively covers the 2008 AS and A2 specifications for all the main UK exam boards, as well as the IB Diploma Programme and the Cambridge International A-Level. The book also has a companion website which is free to book users and provides extra resources. Written by authors with many years' experience of teaching, examining and writing, this is an ideal resource for class or independent study. The book includes the following features: / How Science Works feature boxes focus on this key element of the new specifications. / Stretch and Challenge boxes challenge more able students, enabling them to achieve the highest grades. / Science in Context boxes encourage students to relate their learning to the world around them. / Summaries at the end of every chapter help students with revision. / Test Yourself questions throughout the text enable students to monitor their own progress in preparation for their exams. / Remember This boxes highlight the key facts.The website provides the following additional resources: / Practice questions (and answers) allow students to test their understanding of the material just covered. / How Science Works assignments allow students to prepare for the How Science Works element of the new AS and A2 Biology exams.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11652 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

Review
Review of First Edition: "It is beautifully illustrated, and contains many eye-catching photographs and large, colourful diagrams. The explanations are clear and interesting, often interspersed with a touch of dry humour. !a readable and enjoyable text. This book will stimulate able students to pursue topics further, and will provide an excellent framework of understanding for those of more limited abilities." Journal of Biological Education

About the Author
Mike Boyle is Head of Biology at Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College (one of the largest Sixth Form Colleges in the UK with over 2500 students). He is also a former examiner for AQA. Mike has 26 years' experience of teaching A-level and has written 12 successful A-level textbooks for HarperCollins and 4 GCSE textbooks. Kathryn Senior worked as a biomedical research scientist for five years before joining a scientific publishing company working on educational science textbooks. After four years in-house, she embarked on a freelance editing and writing career. In the last 15 years, she has written 10 popular science books for children. As an academic science writer, she also writes regular news articles and features for several journals, including The Lancet Infectious Diseases, The Lancet Oncology and Frontiers, the Journal of the Ecological Society of America and contributes research highlights articles to the various Nature Clinical Practice journals. Kathryn has also worked on writing projects for Macmillan Cancer Relief, the Physiological Society, the Guardian educational publishing division, the European Life Sciences Organisation, the European Commission and the BBC.

Customer Reviews

Best Book for A-level Human Biology
This book is really clear and is well illustrated and makes for intesting reading. The book starts will Biology of the Cell before moving on the the Systems of the body and then Genetics, and then the Environment. It encompasses all those apects of Biology that affects humans.

As well as A-level students, this book is suitable for students studying for nursing and Health Science.

Excellent research material, concise yet in depth.
I found this book to be very usefull and great for essays in my AS course of human biology. Its divided into easy to read chapters and is just the right depth and detail for AS/A level.It provides you with a good base for any background reading needed and is easy to understand.overall an excellent book!!!

human biology by mike boyle and kathryn senior
This book is ok. it gives you the basics (summarises), but I don't find it to be in enough detail for the AS/A2 human biology. It doesn't often give you the information that you require.