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Cecie Starr and Ralph Taggart are among the most successful authors in introductory, biological science instruction because of their lively approach, engaging writing style, current coverage of the breadth of biology's topics, and their unique illustrations. In this Tenth Edition of Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life, the authors use the important connections among molecular structure, biological function, and evolution to encourage student understanding instead of memorization. For example, Chapter 1 includes a preview of life's unity and diversity with an evolutionary perspective. Similar sections in Chapters 3, 5, and 6, on the structure and function of enzymes and other molecules, prepare students for chapters on cell structure and metabolism, genetics, evolution, anatomy, and physiology. This background prepares students to understand the power of comparative molecular studies in clarifying evolutionary relationships. Connections essays (28 in all) focus on this new integration of molecular structure, function, and evolution. The first essay (1.4) answers an important question: How can life display both unity and diversity? It shows how the theory of evolution by natural selection connects the two. Other essays consider evolutionary interplays between infectious agents and their hosts; cloning and genetically engineered mammals, the evolution of life over the past 3.8 billion years, and archaeopteryx and the ancestry of whales (to show that interpreting the past scientifically requires an intellectual shift). Improvements in the media package meet the high standards instructors have come to expect. There is a new version of the complimentary Interactive Concepts in Biology Student CD-ROM with nearly 800 interactions to clarify and reinforce key concepts. For instructors, there is a Multimedia Manager with art and graphics from the text already in PowerPoint format, as well as CNN Today video clips (294 in all), now available digitally.
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repetitive.......2005-07-17
This book is useful and contains a lot of good information, but could have been half as thick as it is. Everything is summarized more than once, in side-bars and at the ends of chapters, and key points are even repeated more than once in the text itself. The result is patchy text that is difficult to navigate and next to impossible to find information quickly in.
Biological Detour.......2005-04-20
This is the book I had in my college biology course. I find this book to be quite inconsistent. While it has it's bright spots and explains some things very well, it is one of those books where you end up having to hunt for the information. Result? You spend a great deal of time deciphering the book which has the information strewn everywhere in a fashion that's not entirely organized. Not to mention the fact that it stops dead cold in the middle of explaining a concept in order to go into great detail about another related concept. Then suddenly it jolts the reader back to what it was talking about beforehand. A good and elementary example of this is in chapter 2 where they discuss hydrogen bonding. It veers off and on from what the topic is supposed to be. It would be more helpful to cut to the chase and leave the lengthly prose out of the book. As another reviewer pointed out, the fact that the book has so many different authors is just ASKING for the final product to be inconsistent. This book is not worth the 120 dollars they expect you to pay for it.
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life.......2003-05-29
This book is far too wordy and repetitive and could have been half as thick. It weights over 4 pounds and is very heavy to carry around.
Very often the point of a sentence is lost in the verbiage. Some basic explanations are repeated several times, whilst many more important things are left unexplained.
Many of the pictures appear to have been chosen because they are 'cool' rather than relevant to the text and just sidetrack the reader.
Some of the examples are incredibly stupid. One, at p. 18, under the heading, "Critical Thinking", 2., gives the story of a turkey that learned to equate footsteps with the provision of food. One one day the footsteps led to the turkey having its head chopped off. The text explains that the turkey learned the hard way. In fact the turkey learned nothing, as by then it was dead.
The glossary is inadequate and misses out too many new and important terms.
The answers given to the quizzes do not always agree with the text, for example, Chapter 2 Self Quiz Question 1 asks what charge is carried by an electron. The correct answer, as given at page 24, is "Negative," but the answer list in Appendix III gives it incorrectly as "Positive." Many instructors lift questions and answers from the book for on-line exams. Does the student then give the incorrect answer as per Appendix III to get the point or the correct answer, knowing that it will very likely be graded as "wrong"? Another example is in the quiz to Chapter 5, question 2.
Looking at the list of credits, it lookas if too many people have had a hand in the book and as a result it has been spoilt.
I would not recommend this book.
Basic.......2003-01-08
Extremely basic with inconsistant layout. Entire sections will be printed with a blue background, for example, that look more like a special topics box then text. In several cases the text reuses its stock photos in several unrelated sections. The text illustrates points that clearly do not need illustration (Do you know what water looks like? There is a photo of it if you need it. ) and ignores others (the beta and alpha linkages of glucose) after dicussing them. Good for high school student concepts but unacceptably uncomprehensive for college.
Homeschoolers Take Note!.......2000-09-19
This is a fantastic text for homeschooling. Each concept is introduced, discussed, and wrapped up in a 2-page spread. This is *not* the dry bio text you remember from high school. It is fascinating enough that I find myself stealing it from my daughter's room. Perfect for a science-loving homeschooler who is hungry for advanced texts at an earlier age because the setup is conducive to parental participation and discussion. However, be advised it is written from an evolutionary point of view if you are inclined to avoid this emphais. And of course there's that really cool picture of the monkey fighting the cheetah ;)
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Four-color manual with 46 exercises and step-by-step procedures. Most can be completed within two hours and require minimal instructor input. Answers are included on the Instructor Book Companion Website. Customization available.
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Excellent Job!!!!.......2002-07-26
Thanks for all your help. Fast Shipping. The book was exactly how it was described. Thank You.
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This brief and specialized book is designed for general non-major biology courses and presents the six kingdoms of life in an evolutionary framework. This book includes descriptions, illustrations, life cycles of representative viruses, bacteria, protistans, fungi, plants, invertebrates, and more. DIVERSITY OF LIFE covers Unit IV from BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, Tenth Edition. Research has given us a better understanding of the interconnectedness of molecular biology, structure, function, and evolution. In this Tenth Edition, Starr and Taggart take that important connection out of the research realm and actually interweave these insights into the text. These unifying biological concepts encourage student understanding instead of memorization. With this background, students are better prepared to understand the power of comparative molecular studies as the pertain to topics of biological diversity. . The accompanying improvements in the media package meet the high standards instructors and students have come to expect from the Starr and Taggart media package. Students automatically receive a new version of the complimentary Interactive Concepts in Biology CD-ROM (featuring nearly 800 interactions to clarify and reinforce text concepts), and four months free access to InfoTrac® College Edition (featuring full text articles from 4,000 periodicals). Also available is Engage Online, which provides a rich online version of the text, plus animations and learning resources for every chapter. The instructor package includes a Multimedia Manager presentation tool with art and graphics from the text, as well as CNN® Today video clips (294 in all)--now available digitally as well as on video.
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horrible.......2006-02-23
the person who sold this to me lied and therefore I am very unhappy with the item in question.
I liked this book........2004-10-03
This book was very helpful for my biology class in undergrad. It was quite interesting especially the areas of the 6 kingdoms of life (protists, fungi, viruses, etc.). I also used the following to study from.
The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations (Topics: Evolution, Ecology, Kingdom Bacteria, Kingdom Protista, Kingdom Fungi, Viruses, Plant Form and Function) Isbn was 1933023015.
I found this last study guide to be great for test preparation. It prepared me for the kind of questions to know before taking the test. It was well worth it. I passed with flying colors. It made biology a lot less intimidating.
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This brief and specialized book was designed for general, non-majors biology courses, and includes a brief history of vascular plant tissues, growth patterns, plant nutrition and transport, plant hormones, reproduction, and development. PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION covers Chapters 28 - 32 from BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE. For the 11th edition of BIOLOGY: UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, Cecie Starr and Ralph Taggart made it their goal to "solve" some of the toughest Introductory Biology course challenges. We introduce a new issues-oriented approach with engages students in current, motivating biological topics; a built-in cross-referencing system for key topics; and, most importantly, time-saving media resources for instructors.
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This brief and specialized book is designed for general non-major biology courses and includes coverage of population ecology, communities, ecosystems, biosphere, human impact on the biosphere, and animal behavior. ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR covers Unit II form BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, Tenth Edition. Research has given us a better understanding of the interconnectedness of molecular biology, structure, function, and evolution. In this Tenth Edition, Starr and Taggart take that important connection out of the research realm and actually interweave these insights into the text. These unifying biological concepts encourage student understanding instead of memorization. With this background, students are better prepared to understand the power of comparative molecular studies in clarifying ecological relationships. The accompanying improvements in the media package meet the high standards instructors and students have come to expect from the Starr and Taggart media package. Students automatically receive a new version of the complimentary Interactive Concepts in Biology CD-ROM (featuring nearly 800 interactions to clarify and reinforce text concepts), and four months free access to InfoTrac® College Edition (featuring full text articles from 4,000 periodicals). Also available is engage online, which provides a rich online version of the text plus, animations and learning resources for every chapter. The instructor package includes a Multimedia Manager presentation tool with art and graphics from the text, as well as CNN® Today video clips (294 in all)--now available digitally as well as on video.
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This is the book that started it all for me . . ........2006-03-18
Here I am, almost 8 years later pursuing a Ph.D. in bioengineering. This is the book that made me want to study biology. It is concise and well-organized, yet has a lot of information. It also does a good job of making the subject interesting.
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This brief and specialized book is designed for general non-major biology courses and includes a brief history of evolutionary thought, ciroevolutionary processes, specialtion, and macroevolution. EVOLUTION OF LIFE covers Unit III: Principles of Evolution from BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, 11th Edition. For the 11th edition of BIOLOGY: UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, Cecie Starr and Ralph Taggart made it their goal to "solve" some of the toughest Introductory Biology course challenges. We introduce a new issues-oriented approach with engages students in current, motivating biological topics; a built-in cross-referencing system for key topics; and, most importantly, time-saving media resources for instructors.
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Acoustic Sensing Techniques for the Shallow Water Environment: Inversion Methods and Experiments
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Acoustic remote sensing of the ocean environment has seen a remarkable progress in the last ten–fifteen year as a result of an increasing understanding of the experimental techniques and procedures and of the subtleties of the interaction of sound with complex physical and biological processes. This is particularly true in the shallow water environment, where acoustic methods have the potential to allow for a fast and accurate characterization and assessment of the environment. To review the state of the art and the research progress in the field, a workshop was held in the island of Ischia, Italy, in June 2004. Special emphasis has been placed on the experimental applications, to realistically assess their potential and capabilities of the methods proposed. This volume, based on the workshop presentations, include a range of diverse and innovative applications, as well as comparisons in the field among competing approaches and review papers.
The invited contributions range from ocean acoustic tomography to estimation of the seabed and subbottom properties, to marine biology; ambient noise in the ocean is increasingly being investigated as a replacement for traditional acoustic source, to make acoustic inversion even less invasive and more environmentally friendly as a methodology to probe the ocean.
Audience: This book is primarily intended for physicists and engineers working in underwater acoustics and oceanic engineering. It will also be of interest to marine biologists, geophysicists and oceanographers as potential users of the methodologies and techniques described in the book contributions.
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This is a NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A088304. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: In this study using the FOR3D Acoustic Model, little difference was found between the 2D and the 3D computational modes. The study was limited to shallow water flat bathymetry (along the slope) using sound velocity gradients normally associated with typical shelf/slope frontal environments as well as greatly inflated gradients. Several comparisons were made for specific cases (in 2D and 3D modes) having exact solutions, which by analogy provide clear demonstration of why substantial agreement was found for the two different modes.
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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A478873. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: The ability to employ effectively an active sonar system in the littoral regions is of great interest to the United States Navy. Time-varying multipath propagation introduces significant problems that must be overcome in the employment of shallow water active sonar. The phenomenon of time-reversal acoustics (TRA) has provided hope for a solution to this problem by undoing much of the multipath spreading without the need to have knowledge of the environment in these littoral regions. When an active sonar return is time-reversed (phase- conjugated in the frequency domain) and retransmitted, this second signal focuses in time and space back at the original source location. This thesis investigates the phenomenon of TRA as it applies to an idealized shallow water environment. Numerical modeling was performed for a variety of source and target apertures and ranges. Results demonstrate a significant enhancement in received active sonar signal strength due to the TRA acoustic field focusing effect. Furthermore, the signal strength enhancement remains significant even when the source to target range changes between active sonar transmissions. The results presented in this thesis demonstrate that the use of TRA may provide substantial signal to noise ratio improvements over current active sonar systems. Further modeling and real world experiments could ultimate lead to the development of a practical active TRA sonar system.
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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A224863. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: Time-varying multipath propagation is considered the most important difficulty in shallow underwater acoustic (UWA) communications. To compensate for the time variability of the channel, the receiver must use an adaptive algorithm for adjusting its parameters. At high symbol rates, intersymbol interference caused by multipath propagation requires large adaptive filters, increasing the computational complexity at the receiver end. This thesis presents a time-reversal acoustic technique (implemented with a phase-conjugated array of PCA) that generates a spatio-temporal focus of acoustic energy at the receiver location which reduces distortions introduced by channel propagation (including multipath), allowing the use of low-complexity receivers. Numerical analysis shows that for different PCA geometries (element spacing and aperture sizes), the PCA focus footprint does not appear to significantly change its dimensions. Furthermore, the aperture size plays a more significant role than the number of array elements in a PC array design. Specific examples of novel UWA communication systems utilizing time-reversal focusing are introduced. Current simulation results suggest the potential for high data transfer rates compared to existing noncoherent UWA communication systems.
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Experimental Acoustic Inversion Methods for Exploration of the Shallow Water Environment
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In recent years, research on acoustic remote sensing of the ocean has evolved considerably, especially in studying complex physical and biological processes in shallow water environments. To review the state of the art, an international workshop was held at Carvoeiro, Portugal, in March 1999, bringing together leading international researchers in the field. In contrast to much of the recent theoretical work, emphasis was placed on the experimental validation of the techniques. This volume, based on presentations at this workshop, summarizes a range of diverse and innovative applications. The invited contributions explore the use of acoustics to measure bottom properties and morphology, as well as to probe buried objects within the sediment. Within the water column, sound is applied to imaging of oceanographic features such as currents and tides or monitoring of marine life. Another key theme is the use of sound to solve geometric inverse problems for precise tracking of undersea vehicles. Audience: This volume should be useful both to the novice seeking an introduction to the field and to advanced researchers interested in the latest developments in acoustic sensing of the ocean environment. The workshop was sponsored by the Fundação para a Ciêcia e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology).
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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon and assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows.In this thesis, the Monterey-Miami Parabolic Equation (MMPE) model is used to generate predictions from numerical analysis of the reverberation loss structure and peak vertical correlation structure generated by the water/bottom interface, the bottom/sub-bottom interface, and the bottom volume for a shallow water environment. These predictions are then compared to the peak vertical correlation analysis of recorded data collected in an actual shallow water environment similar to the modeled environment. This experimental data was recorded by a 32-element vertical line array (VLA) that recorded the reverberant return generated by charges detonated over the continental shelf in the East China Sea as part of ASIAEX. A comparison is made between predictions and recorded data by analyzing trends in peak vertical correlation with decreasing bandwidth. The influences of interface roughness, bottom volume perturbations, and water volume turbulence on peak vertical correlation is also determined.
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This is a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER PANAMA CITY FL report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A256114. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: This report describes the theoretical basis behind the low frequency propagation and scattering models used in Personal Computer Shallow Water Acoustics Tool-set (PC SWAT 7.0). PC SWAT is a user-friendly sonar simulation developed by Dr. Sammelmann. It is used widely throughout the Department of Defense.
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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A458953. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: In this work, several algorithms based on higher-order moment (autocorrelation) matching of single hydrophone element data have been developed and tested on real transient data sets. Of particular interest is the success and robustness of the Frequency-Domain Autocorrelation Matching (FACM) algorithms in the presence of environmental mismatch, signal mismatch, and noise, for different signals in an unknown environment. Recently acquired data was analyzed for signal variability in terms of spatial coherence of phones, beams, and modal structure. The ability to localize using these higher-order moment matching algorithms was compared to the spatial structure of the signal, the placement of the receiving elements, and the signal variability. This work suggests that the FACM algorithms are strongly dependent on the source-receiver relative positions, and on the uniqueness of the signal vertical structure. It is also shown that their performance increases with the number of multipath arrivals and, therefore, with the range. More importantly, the localization results obtained with raw linear frequency modulated (LFM) signals seemed to be as useful as the ones obtained from matched-filtered data.
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Shallow Water Acoustics (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)
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"[The] physical insight and presentation in this volume made it a pleasure to read ... I would heartily recommend this book to any researcher or graduate student working in shallow water acoustics. It presents an overview of a very active field from a fresh viewpoint, and with a fine feel for the basic physics of the medium. It is a book that is well worth the rather high price ... I would encourage you to add it to your bookshelf." – Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Contents: Shallow Water as an Acoustic Medium - Fundamentals of Sound Propagation - Approximate Methods and Approaches in Shallow Water Acoustics - Sound Field in Shallow Water with Random Inhomogeneities - Acoustic Experiment in Shallow Water - Long Range Propagation in Acoustic Monitoring - Ambient Noise in Shallow Water - Wave Scattering by Regular Object in Shallow Water
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