Neil Campbell and Jane Reece's BIOLOGY remains unsurpassed as the most
successful majors biology textbook in the world. This text has invited more than
4 million students into the study of this dynamic and essential discipline.The
authors have restructured each chapter around a conceptual framework of five or
six big ideas. An Overview draws students in and sets the stage for the rest of
the chapter, each numbered Concept Head announces the beginning of a new
concept, and Concept Check questions at the end of each chapter encourage
students to assess their mastery of a given concept. New Inquiry Figures focus
students on the experimental process, and new Research Method Figures illustrate
important techniques in biology. Each chapter ends with a Scientific Inquiry
Question that asks students to apply scientific investigation skills to the
content of the chapter.
About the Author
Neil A. Campbell combined the investigative nature of a research
scientist with the soul of an experienced and caring teacher. He earned his M.A.
in Zoology from UCLA and his Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of
California, Riverside, where he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in
2001. Dr. Campbell published numerous research articles on how certain desert
plants thrive in salty soil and how sensitive plant (Mimosa) and other legumes
move their leaves. His 30 years of teaching in diverse environments included
general biology courses at Cornell University, Pomona College, and San
Bernardino Valley College, where he received the college's first Outstanding
Professor Award in 1986. Most recently Dr. Campbell was a visiting scholar in
the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at the University of California,
Riverside. In addition to his authorship of this book, he coauthored Biology:
Concepts & Connections and Essential Biology with Jane Reece. Each year, over
600,000 students worldwide use Campbell/Reece biology textbooks.
Jane B. Reece has worked in biology publishing since 1978, when she
joined the editorial staff of Benjamin Cummings. Her education includes an A.B.
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 post-doctoral fellow in genetics at
Stanford University, her research focused on genetic recombination in bacteria.
Dr. Reece taught biology at Middlesex County College (New Jersey) and
Queensborough Community College (New York). As an editor at Benjamin Cummings,
Dr. Reece played major roles in a number of successful textbooks. In addition to
being a coauthor with Neil Campbell on BIOLOGY, Biology: Concepts & Connections,
and Essential Biology, she coauthored The World of the Cell, Third Edition, with
W.M. Becker and M.F. Poenie.