Product Description

With an extraordinary reputation for authority and accuracy, this landmark biology text continues to be an invaluable learning partner for students and teachers. The authors focus on the "big ideas" of biology: each chapter is organized around key concepts that build in a logical way, and are clearly explained and reinforced by the text discussion and illustration. The straightforward writing style, appropriate level of depth, and judiciously-selected coverage are other hallmarks.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2387846 in Books
• Published on: 1993-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover

About the Author
Neil A. Campbell has taught biology for 30 years and with Drs. Reece and Mitchell, has coauthored Biology, Fifth Edition, the most widely used text for biology majors. He received a B.S. degree from Long Beach State College, an MA. in Zoology from UCLA and a PH.D. in Plant Biology from the University of California, Riverside. His diverse teaching experience includes courses for non-biology majors at Cornell University, Pomona College, and San Bernardino Valley College, where he received the colleges first Outstanding Professor Award in 1986. Dr. Campbell is currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside.Jane Reece has worked in biology publishing since 1978, when she joined the editorial staff of Benjamin Cummings. She received an A.B. degree in Biology from Harvard University, an M.S. in Microbiology from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in Bacteriology from the University of California, Berkeley. At UC Berkeley and later as a postdoctoral fellow in genetics at Stanford University, her research focused on genetic recombination in bacteria.During her 12 years as an editor at Benjamin Cummings, Dr. Reece played major roles in a number of successful textbooks, including Microbiology- An Introduction, by Tortora, Funke, and Case; and Molecular Biology of the Gene, Fourth Edition, by Watson et al. She was a coauthor of The World of the Cell,Third Edition as well as Biology, Fifth Edition.

Customer Reviews

Great Book
This is the best textbook I've ever seen. I'm not even a biology student and I love it. Although it is fairly basic, it is rigourous enough that several courses may be taught from it alone. I await the rumoured 5th edition with baited breath...

Innovative, exciting and fully explained!!!!!
Campbell's 4th edition Biology is a book that broadens knowledge of biology with illustrations that helps us understand biology. It also underlines key concepts throughout the book, recommended to anyone.

This is the greatest textbook that I have ever seen!
I have used dozens of textbooks in life, and this is without the best. Everyone that I have ever talked to about this book loves it. Cambell weds clear text with good diagrams to effictively explain difficult concepts. Cambell's use of key themes to unite what appears to unrelated data provides a strong conceptual backbone. This book is without doubt the premier biology survey course.