Principles of Biology is reflective of the shift taking place in the majors biology course from large and detail rich to short and conceptual, with a focus on new, cutting-edge science. A succinct and inviting text focused on central concepts, Principles of Biology helps students connect fundamental principles while challenging them to develop and hone critical thinking skills.
The Fourth edition of Principles of Biology has been crafted with a very important goal in mind: give students an opportunity to develop critical thinking skills. We expect that their journey through this textbook will help them to "think like scientists" and to develop skills that are needed in many different careers in biology. This edition of Principles of Biology, we have completely reorganized our end-of-chapter questions and have a new category of questions called Critical-Thinking Skills. These are largely new questions that are primarily at Bloom's levels 3 (applying) and 4 (analyzing)