Essentials Of The Living World
by George B. Johnson /
2007 / English / PDF
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With this secondedition, Essentials of the Living World takes an importantnew step, as Professor Jonathan Losos of Harvard Universityjoins the author team. Working together, we havedesigned this new edition of Essentials to teach the conceptsof biology to undergraduate students like those we teach,students who would probably not become biology majors.The fi rst edition was written by the older of us, ProfessorGeorge Johnson of Washington University, the white-hairedguy below, who for seven editions had been a principle authorof Biology, a majors biology text. The challenge wefaced in writing this new edition of Essentials was to presentthe key ideas of biology, the same principles taught ina majors course, to nonmajors in a clear and engaging way,without technical jargon or needless complication. Witheach passing year our students, and those of every biologyinstructor, are more impacted by biology, and this is truewhether they major in science or English, art or business.With this rush of change it has become increasingly clearto us that every student must have the opportunity to understandhow science works, and how the many changes scienceis creating can be expected to affect their lives and thefuture of our planet. We believe deeply that an appreciationof science at work has become an essential element of everycollege student’s education, of citizenship in a world forwhich today’s college students will soon be responsible.
