Life: The Science of Biology w/BioPortal featuring Prep-U (12 month access)
Author Information
David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, May BerenbaumProduct Details
ISBN: 9781429253000
Publish Date: 03/15/2010
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Number of pages: 1267
Description
THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF LIFE
Visit the Life, 9e preview site at www.whfreeman.com/life9epreview
The science of biology evolves. The science classroom and lab evolve. In this edition, as always, Life: The Science of Biology evolves with them, in innovative, authoritative, and captivating ways.
From the first edition to the present, Life has set the standard as the most balanced experiment-based introductory biology text. This edition builds on this legacy, again teaching fundamental concepts and the latest developments by taking students step by step through the research that revealed them.
Also available, Volume Splits:—paperbound in full color!
Volume I: The Cell and Heredity (Chapters 1-20)
Volume II: Evolution, Diversity and Ecology (Chapters 1, 21-33, 54-59)
Volume III: Plants and Animals (Chapters 1, 34-53)
A GREENER LIFE
Another first, the new edition of Life is printed on paper earning the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label, the “gold standard” in green paper products. Life paper includes 10% pre-consumer waste, 10% post-consumer waste, and is manufactured from wood from well-managed sustainable forests. Additionally, Life’s green initiatives include:
5% soy based ink
Covers printed on stock with 10% post-consumer waste
100% recycled paper coverboards
Digitized work flow to reduce paper waste
All of which also earn us Courier Printing Company’s Green Edition designation for reducing our environmental footprint. The environmental savings we have achieved on the first printing alone are:
Number of trees saved: 469
Air emissions eliminated (GHG’s): 52,240 pounds
Water saved: 171,250 gallons
Solid waste eliminated: 28,335 pounds
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