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Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems with CD-ROM and InfoTrac

2 stars (This is not the paperback edition of the textbook) - This book appears from amazon.com to be simply the paperback edition of the regular textbook, but it is not. Ordering this will get you a paperback "Study Guide" instead. The book is misrepresented or not clearly labeled on this site, and I suppose the phrase "5th sg" is supposed to be enough for us to tell what it is. Don't order this thinking that you will get a paperback edition of the textbook. 3 stars (Don't confuse the hardcover with the paperback) - One problem (maybe I'm just stupid): don't confuse the hardcover, which is the actual textbook itself, with the softcover, which is the supplemental answer key/review book. I bought the softcover thinking it was a cheaper, more flexible version of the 912 page text, which is cumbersome, and it's not. Maybe I'm just a lightweight at purchasing textbooks online. BB 5 stars (excellent text) - The text material is superbly organized and illustrated with great models, comprehensive tables, and wonderful photographs. It is a thorough work and, although not easy reading, explained about as clearly and completely as humanly possible. P.S. The review above does not seem to pertain to this book, but to a teacher's manual? ...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Human Physiology :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Physiological Processes :: Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology :: Life Sciences - General :: Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

 

Intermediate Algebra with CD-ROM- Third Edition

1 stars (not great) - well like the title says it suppose to be hardcover, have a CD-ROM with it and be titled INtermediate Algebra... none of it applied... i didn't get the CD it was not hardcover and the book i got is called STUDENT COLUTIONS MANUAL for tussy and Gustafson's ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA! totally not the same freaking book.....! ...
Brooks Cole :: Mathematics & General :: Science&Mathematics :: Mathematics :: Algebra - Intermediate :: Algebra - General :: Algebra - Elementary :: Algebra :: R David Gustafson :: :: Intermediate Algebra with CD-ROM- Third Edition

 

Horizons - Exploring the Universe with TheSky CD-ROM- Virtual Astronomy Labs- and InfoTrac

3 stars (So, so...) - The delivery time was very quick, that was good, and the price was great. The condition of the book was very used and they said it was like new. Other then that I guess it was O.K. 5 stars (Superb textbook - beautifully illustrated, clearly written!) - This is the Eighth Edition of a truly superb textbook for an introductory astronomy course, or for anyone (amateur astronomers?)who is looking for a great and beautifully illustrated general reference source on astronomy. I've been teaching intro astronomy for many years and keep my eye on all the textbooks. Aimed primarily at non-science majors, Seeds' book is a hum-dinger and really the best I see out there at this time. The author has a very clear and quite intertaining writing style, and each edition of the book is even more beautifully illustrated than the last. The artwork especially in the last two editions is simply super, and clearly illustrate many phenomena that students often have trouble with. This textbook covers every topic needed in a survey course from the nature of light, a bit of astronomy history and telescopes, properties and formation of stars and galaxies, the planets, and very current data on cosmology, dark matter, life in the universe and so on. Very up to date! Mike Seeds' book goes fairly easy on the math (although all important concepts are covered)compared to some other "intro astronomy" books. Overall, I find this book ideally suited to a survey course for non-science majors. For science majors or a textbook that might also be useful in somewhat higher level astronomy courses, I would recommend Kaufmann/Freeman's "Universe" as an excellent choice. Seeds' book is comprehensive and about 500 pages in length - similar to almost all intro astronomy textbooks. To a great extent, literally all these 500 page textbooks are way too lengthy for a one semester survey course. It is difficult to get students to read this much for each class. I keep hoping that Mike Seeds, a...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Astronomy :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Astronomy - General :: Astronomy :: Michael A Seeds :: :: Horizons - Exploring the Universe (with TheSky CD-ROM- Virtual Astronomy Labs- and InfoTrac)

 

Calculus Single Variable 5th Edition with CD-ROM

1 stars (Crap) - I have used this book for 2 semesters and all i have to say is that it sucks. the author skips steps and does a bad job of explaining nearly 75 percent of the book. i personally believe that he should know better, because alot of people dont have a good background in math, including myself, therefore alot of clear explanation is needed. this means that skipping steps and explaining concepts breifly doesnt cut it. therefore anyone who buys this book, should make sure he/she has many ways in tackling calculus, instead of just using the book, which is a waste even if its a penny. this means get the solution manual, pair up with someone, and etc. 4 stars (For what its worth, this is a good Calculus textbook) - This book covers the first twelve chapters of the full edition of Calculus by Stewart. I would actually recommend buying that book instead of this one if you are planning on taking up to Calc. 3 because they are similar in price but the full version includes Calc 1, 2, and 3 material. Anyway, I used this text for both Calculus 1 and 2 in college. The first six chapters cover the course material for Calculus 1: Introductory Analytical Geometry, Limits, Derivatives, Applications of Derivatives, Integrals, and Applications of Intergrals. Chapters 7-12 covers course material normal for Calculus 2: Inverse functions/Derivatives and integrals of exponential and logarithmic functions, Techniques of Integrations, Applications of Integration to Physics/Engineering, Differiential Equations (which we didn't cover), Parametric Equations/Polar Coordinates, and Series. For some reason chapter seven includes different verisons of certain sections but they are basically the same anyway. Unlike other reviewers, I think that this book was very helpful. It is possible to learn the material if you put a lot of effort into it, which you need to do if you really want to learn Calculus. I can see why reviewers would find this book difficult to use though. Tru...
Brooks Cole :: Mathematics & Calculus :: Calculus & mathematical analysis :: Science&Mathematics :: Mathematics :: Calculus :: James Stewart :: :: Calculus Single Variable 5th Edition (with CD-ROM)

 

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

1 stars (Classical Mechanics is a Foundation) - After using this book(or better trying to use this book) I've observed, after complementing the theory that is just trying to resemble Goldstein obviusly omiting most of the theory and proposing to fill those gaps with little examples. Exercises are poorly described maybe asuming you memorize examples, very few derivations are included most is tenth grade algebra. If you are trying to learn classical mechanics try Goldstein or Landau 5 stars (A Road to Higher Realms) - Whether knowingly or unknowingly, most of the physics text reviews that I have read may be divided into two categories: - those who loved or hated the book because it was not written to teach physics through a conceptual framework. - those who loved or hated the book because it was not written to teach physics through the development of skills. Then the reviews may be divided again into two categories: - those who loved or hated the book because it conveyed an exclusively classic and/or historical treatment of physics. - those who loved or hated the book because it conveyed a modern treatments of physics. Therefore, I will write my review within the same framework that everyone else seems to... I loved this book because it was written to teach physics through the development of SKILLS; I loved this book because it did so through a CLASSIC TREATMENT of physics. Now I will explain why... The study of physics is FAR MORE than an extraction of information from a book, the way that, say, reading an encyclopedia entry is. The study of physics, rather, is a MENTAL DISCIPLINE, that takes 10,000 hours of intensive mental effort just to become a 'fairly skilled beginner', and at least half a lifetime of intensive mental effort to become an expert in just one, very small, sub-sub-field. It is a journey in which one must tavel the same mental footsteps that the great physicists of the past did before one is ready to travel the new and original mental footsteps of...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Physics :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Quantum Theory :: Physics :: Mechanics - Dynamics - General :: Dynamics :: Jerry B Marion :: Stephen T Thornt :: Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

 

An Invitation to Health- Brief Edition with Profile Plus 2004- Personal Health Assessments and Heal

5 stars (Great transaction) - This was a wonderful sale. I couldn't ask for better communicaiton and delivery. Would definetly buy from this person again. Thanks. ...
Brooks Cole :: Health & Fitness & Nutrition :: Self-care :: Health :: Nutrition :: Nursing - Nutrition :: Healthy Living :: Health&Fitness :: Health & Fitness :: Health :: Diet & Heal :: An Invitation to Health- Brief Edition (with Profile Plus 2004- Personal Health Assessments and Heal

 

Physics for Scientists and Engineers with PhysicsNow and InfoTrac

2 stars (Mixed Reception) - This book has its ups and downs. Like another reviewer mentioned, this book is very verbose and unnecessarily full of pictures that are not helpful. Concepts are often very poorly worded. Just because I'm an EE undergrad doesn't mean I like to decipher sentences that appear to be paragraphs at first glance. After 4 commas, two dashes, and a colon, I no longer have any interest in net-torque on a cylinder. A subtitle of "for scientists and engineers" is not an excuse to write in indecipherable technical terms. There are easier ways to explain things. Ultimately, I think this book fails for the same reason most physics books and professors fail: it is written by and for people with a natural gift for physics. For the other 98% of the world, it might as well be greek. While a thorough reference and good guide for physically-inclined folk, this is a very difficult book for first year undergrads to use. I would opt for a different textbook if I had the chance. 3 stars (Verbose and not precise writing) - When Serway and Jewett confuse me, I read an older Physics book that I have. For an expensive scientific textbook, I would expect less ambiguous writing. Perhaps I am too critical when reading. A quick example in chapter 20: " . . .we explore more details about heat as a means of energy transfer and consider two other transfer methods that are often related to temperature changes - convection ( a form of matter transfer) and electromagnetic radiation." At first, I thought convection and radiation might be another form of energy transfer that is not heat nor work. I really don't know what they are trying to say. Latter in the section they say radiation is the transfer of energy. I waste hours in each chapter trying to decipher the ambiguity. Also, The mixture of text with resolving equations is tedious. I would rather have the concepts explained and then have the equations derived. I would rather spend less money and receive less col...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Physics :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Physics :: John W Jewett :: Raymond A Serway :: :: Physics for Scientists and Engineers (with PhysicsNow and InfoTrac)

 

Chemistry for Today - General- Organic- and Biochemistry with GOB ChemistryNow and InfoTrac

3 stars (it isn't the best) - This book have a traditional approach, dont take anything new. Your price is very high. Pablo A. Pereira B. Sc. Pharm ...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Chemistry & Analytic :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Chemistry - Analytic :: Michael R Slabaugh :: Spencer L Seager :: :: Chemistry for Today - General- Organic- and Biochemistry (with GOB ChemistryNow and InfoTrac)

 

Principles of Modern Chemistry

5 stars (Great chemistry textbook for college freshmen) - Though many people would find this book distasteful, it is an extremely good source of information for both basic and intermediate chemistry. It is obviously not a book any student can handle, but with a good background in basic chemistry, the book will take the student a long way down the path of chemistry. The book uses colorful pictures and graphs to show the reader what the chemistry looks like in real life rather than just teaching the bare concept. Chemistry is not about doing word problems; it is about actually seeing the results and learning to analyze these results. If you prefer to just get through chemistry and "learn" how to do problems without learning the real applications, choose another book. If you actually want to learn chemistry, this is the perfect book for you. As opposed to the average textbook that drags a subject matter on, this book is very concise and moves on after showing a derivation of an equation or one sample problem. Obviously this book may seem hard and seemingly impossible to comprehend at times, but a good recommendation is to get enough sleep before reading the book because it is much denser than other introduction to chemistry textbooks. 4 stars (Pretty Good) - I never actually used this book; I TAed for a class that used it. I ended up reading alot of it and thought that it was pretty good, but didn't cover all the math and derivations that were used in the course. Its a good book for basic general chemistry, but it does not explain the math very well. I also wouldn't reccommend it for students who have never taken chemistry at all because its probably too advanced. Take home message: its a more advanced general chem book, but fails miserably in explaining the math. 5 stars (excellent) - I have read the other reviews, but I think this is an excellent text for general chemistry (or introductory courses). The fundamentals are well-explained, and the core itself is easily...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Chemistry & General :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Chemistry - General :: Chemistry :: Norman H Nachtrieb :: H Pat Gillis :: David W Oxtoby :: :: Principles of Modern Chemistry

 

Earth Science and the Environment with EarthScienceNow and InfoTrac

5 stars (Earth Science Teacher reviews a Good Book) - I have used this book once for a course I teach for K-8 pre-service teachers called: Earth Science for Teachers. It is only 1 hour so I can't use all the content in the book, but, it is an excellent content reference for people who are expected to know and teach more and more content every year. Read this book for your own fun, or, use it as a reader friendly resource with excellent pictures and friendly assignments. ...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Geology :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Environmental sciences :: Environmental Science :: Earth sciences :: Earth Sciences - Geology :: Earth Scienc :: Earth Science and the Environment (with EarthScienceNow and InfoTrac)

 

Finite Mathematics for the Managerial- Life- and Social Sciences with CD-ROM and 1Pass for iLrn and

4 stars (No problem being used as a finite math text) - This book is not nearly as bad as the other reviews indicate. I teach a course in finite mathematics at the college level and I examined it for possible adoption as a textbook. While it is not the best text I have seen, so I will not be using it, the quality is just below that of the book I use. Therefore, I would have no trouble using this book in my class. The coverage in college courses in finite mathematics is standard and this book adheres to those standards. Topics are introduced via worked examples; there are exercises at the ends of the sections and review questions at the end of the chapters. The writing is clear, and the explanations are thorough. Solutions to the odd numbered exercises and all of the review exercises are included. While I hesitate to strongly recommend this book as a text, there is no delay in saying that it is one of the better options available. 1 stars (Finite Mathematics=Infinite Frustrations) - I would give this thing -10 stars or more if it were an option from the pull-down menu. The text is little more than a workbook; it has little explanation to go along with the problems you will get assigned as homework. I attend a large university so compounding this problem is the level of math this text is for, freshmen. Freshman classes are taught by "lecturers", or graduate students who, while very knowledgeable of their field, have little or no teaching experience so prove to not be able to effectively fill in the numerous blanks this book leaves. Also, these size of these classes tend to be in the hundreds and with the lecturer himself/herself being a student as well, can not devote the time needed to teach this subject because of the strains their own course loads put on them. Also this book claims that it "aims to provide students with the quantitative skills needed for their chosen fields and to lay the foundation for more advanced courses in mathematics."(qtd. by Amazo...
Brooks Cole :: Mathematics & Applied :: Science&Mathematics :: Mathematics :: Applied :: Soo T Tan :: :: Finite Mathematics for the Managerial- Life- and Social Sciences (with CD-ROM and 1Pass for iLrn and

 

Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity with General ChemistryNow CD-ROM

5 stars (Finally!!! Chemistry Made Easy!!!) - This is the most comprehensive lecture book published. Considering this is a college level text, it is very easy to understand - easy enough for high school students. The authors ease their way, not jump around, into every topic. Also, all examples (including mathematical expressions and equations) are explained in easy, step-by-step format. This text includes one of the most interactive, if not the best, CD-Rom I've ever worked with. All topics are high-lighted per each section per chapter - and with plenty of videos, a deeper understanding of all materials covered is achieved. Along with the CD-Rom, an on-line access code is included. Homework, pre-tests and post-tests navigate and help you in your weakest areas. The biggest high-light of the on-line access is you can reach a Live tutor from the comfort of your own home - an ensured success! This text also comes in a split-volume version. I highly recommend purchasing this version (helps keep the backpack a little lighter). Last, but not least, I also recommend purchasing the Survival Guide corresponding to the text. It eases any confusion - if any. Overall, this is a spectacular book, which simplifies Chemistry and also makes it fun - ensuring success within your studies. ...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Chemistry & General :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Chemistry - General :: Gabriela C Weaver :: Paul M Treichel :: John C Kotz :: :: Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity (with General ChemistryNow CD-ROM)

 

Intermediate Algebra with CD-ROM- BCA-iLrn Tutorial- and InfoTrac

5 stars (Math Rocks!!) - This book made math fun and easy. Math Rocks!!! As we used to say back in the day, "Full Tilt, Rock and Roll." ...
Brooks Cole :: Mathematics & General :: Science&Mathematics :: Mathematics :: Algebra - Intermediate :: Algebra - General :: Algebra - Elementary :: Algebra :: Peter D Frisk :: R :: Intermediate Algebra (with CD-ROM- BCA-iLrn Tutorial- and InfoTrac)

 

Borror and DeLong-s Introduction to the Study of Insects

5 stars (Important for both biologists and non-biologists) - Everything about insects is fascinating, and this book gives a comprehensive overview of their behavior, anatomy, and classification. For non-experts in entomology, such as this reviewer, the book provides the necessary background for further study. Topics such as the molecular genetics of insects and the genetic engineering of insects are not covered, but there are plenty of other books that treat these topics in detail. Only the first four chapters were read by this reviewer, but only chapter four will be discussed here. Early on in chapter four, the authors dispel the prejudice that since insects have small nervous systems and have short life spans, they are not automatons and can exhibit a remarkable degree of spontaneity. Insects can adjust to the circumstances of their environment and the organization of their activities can be extremely complex. What is most interesting about their discussion of insect behavior is the emphasis on how it depends on the internal state of the insect, and not only its nervous system but also its internal organs. The authors view the basic unit of behavior in an insect as being a `refle'x. A receptor that is stimulated will cause a particular group of insects to contract, which is observed as a body movement of the insect. A `releaser' is the stimulus that actually triggers a specific collection of movements. This results in what is called a `fixed-action pattern', which, as the name implies, occurs the same way every time it occurs. To be contrasted with these are the `modal-action patterns' that adapt to changes in the body position of the insect relative to external objects. A `central pattern generator' the authors write, is responsible for the leg and wing movements of insects, and allows them to navigate in noisy environments. All of these considerations of insect behavior are interesting in themselves, but even more so considering that they are being applied t...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Entomology :: United States :: Science :: Nature&Ecology :: Nature :: Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology :: Insects & Spiders :: Insects :: Entomology :: Ch :: Borror and DeLong-s Introduction to the Study of Insects

 

Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques - A Small-Scale Approach Brooks-Cole Laboratory Serie

1 stars (Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques : A Small-Scale Approach (Brooks/Cole Laboratory Series for Organic Chemistry)) - It has taken this company a month to even send this book. It is quite amazing how slow this company and how it treats its customers. Do not expect books to come unless you want to wait til the book become a classic. Highly suggest to purchase from someone else. Luckly, I've been using a book from lab TA for my organic lab class. 5 stars (WWU grad) - Dr. Pavia's class was so much fun. It was great to have a book written for our facility, by our instructors. I recommend this book to other schools because the techniques are clearly explained and the experiments are interesting. 4 stars (Don't sell this book back!) - An outstanding lab text for sophomore level 1-yr organic courses. Any chemistry/physical science major should not sell this book back at the end of the semester! Half of the book is dedicated to experiments which while informative is not the real gem here. The other half of the book covers techniques in organic and microscale chemistry. If you ever need to build a chromatographic column or do vacuum filtration again, you will be glad that you kept this book in your library. The techniques section alone justifies buying this book. Chemistry majors, microbiologists, environmental scientists and engineers will all find this text valuable in their future careers. ...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Chemistry & General :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Laboratory manuals :: Chemistry :: Organic :: Chemistry - Organic :: Chemistry - General :: Randall :: Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques - A Small-Scale Approach (Brooks-Cole Laboratory Serie

 

Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques- A Microscale Approach

5 stars (Book in great shape) - Book is flawless, not even scratches on the cover, cannot remember promptness of delivery. 4 stars (Excellent Lab Text But Not Everyone Has To Buy It) - Though a complete laboratory text with 50+ experiments, lab techniques, tables of unknowns and spectroscopy, the organic faculty prepare our own lab manual to be followed. Pavia text becomes a close handy reference for lab techniques and setup. The techniques section, which include filtration, crystallization, distillation (simple, fractional, and steam), chromatogrpahy (column, thin-layer, and gas)... should be carefully studied before conducting experiments for beginning students. Unless your organic lab course follows almost exactly the outline of experiments in this text, you can check it out from the library and read it. 5 stars (Best organic laboratory manual available!) - I have taken a full course using this book and I think that it is the best one I have seen! Organic chemistry is a hard subject and this book lays it out in an understandable way. The "techniuques" section is current, readable, and the pictures are well done. The essays that accompany many of the experiments are entertaining and give good background information that helps doing the experiments more enjoyable. Probably the best section is the "identification of unknowns" section which lays out in a good logical way how to identify what you have in the lab. I think that the book also addresses and promotes a great trend in chemistry i.e. microscale research that reduces waste and promotes conservation of chemicals and the environment. ...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Chemistry & General :: Scientific Methodology And Research :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Research & Methodology :: Organic Chemistry :: Chemistry :: Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques- A Microscale Approach

 

Organic Chemistry with InfoTrac

4 stars (McMurry, best place to start) - Organic chemistry has gained an infamous reputation to be what haunts many science students. I have always thought that calculus and physics were worse. It is because of the amount of information that goes into solving problems and understanding so many principles prior to getting a robust grasp of just one organic chemistry principle. Questions like, why is cyclohexene considered a hydrocarbon or what determines a compound either being a nucleophile; require a good overall understanding of the basic principles of Organic chemistry. Most students fail at it because they did not study the basic principles in an appropriate manner. McMurry is one of the best remedies for individuals in this case. McMurry is all about giving a student an understanding of what are the basic principles of Organic Chem, from the quantum mechanics of the electron to what are the reaction mechanisms, finally applying these concepts into more applied organic chem techniques like spectroscopy. Organic Chem is brought to life by McMurry as he makes an attempt to make clear the fundamental laws. If you are attending organic chemistry at higher levels other than first year then it is suggested that you purchase a more intense text but this book is probably the best for those just doing first year organic chemistry. Regards, A little voice. 4 stars (Great) - Really, I thought this was a great text. I feel like the layout really made a difference, though I can't say that had I another book I'd have learned o chem with any less success...but the background chapters really help with the overall grasp of the chemistry, and the review/carbonyl preview sections in the middle do the same so that things become predictable and simpler than with other texts I've seen. I thought all the diagrams were pretty clear along with the actual text, so I don't know what the lower ratings are about. 2 stars (Not enough) - This is the required text for my course. I've ...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Chemistry & Organic :: Organic chemistry :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Chemistry :: Organic :: Chemistry - Organic :: John E McMurry :: :: Organic Chemistry (with InfoTrac)

 

Calculus- Early Transcendentals with CD-ROM

1 stars (Complaint) - It has been nearly a month and I still haven't received the book yet. Could you please review the order and return my money? Thanks. 1 stars (Who is this book written for?) - This book does not seem to be written for students! This book seems like an "Oh-Ho, look at how smart I am, let me see if I can confuse Mathematics Doctorates everywhere! Students, ha! I will impress all of my colleagues with this little gem!" Granted that reading math is not the easiest thing to do, but this is not an amiable book for students, I would be more inclined to be taught with a Schaum's Outline than this! This seems to be a trend with mathematics and science text books though. Only written to impress others in the field with little care for someone trying to actually LEARN the material. Thank you for your time. 1 stars (Poor excuse for a math book) - Maybe I was just spoiled in high school with good math books (such as Triola's Statistics book and Sullivan's Precalc text). This book has too many faults to recommend. The only plus to this book is the movies on the green CD-ROM. However, they only explain the most basic of problems and can be worthless when doing the exercises in the book. A red CD-ROM was also included and seems to be useless. An example--chapter two is very poorly done. I've had to resort to other sources to understand limits. There is too much emphasis on physics and not enough on math itself in section 2.1. The example problems in the book are hard to understand. It's a good thing I have a great professor. They seem to be verbose and the book reminds me more of Deitel's awful programming books than of a math text. The practice problems are a joke since the book doesn't really say how to do 70% of them. Color would be great for visual learners who like to take the step by step approach (rarely practiced here; quite a few steps get skipped) and prefer not to read it in paragraph form. Honestly, what kind of math book is written like...
Brooks Cole :: Mathematics & Calculus :: Science&Mathematics :: Mathematics :: Calculus :: James Stewart :: :: Calculus- Early Transcendentals (with CD-ROM)

 

An Invitation to Health with Profile Plus 2005- Health- Fitness and Wellness Explorer- and InfoTrac

An Invitation to Health (with Profile Plus 2005, Health, Fitness and Wellness Explorer, and InfoTrac)...
Brooks Cole :: Health & Fitness & Nutrition :: Self-care :: Health :: Nutrition :: Nursing - Nutrition :: Health&Fitness :: Health & Fitness :: Health :: General :: Diet & Hea :: An Invitation to Health (with Profile Plus 2005- Health- Fitness and Wellness Explorer- and InfoTrac

 

Biology - The Unity and Diversity of Life with CD-ROM and InfoTrac

2 stars (repetitive) - 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. 1 stars (Biological Detour) - 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. 1 stars (Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life) - 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...
Brooks Cole :: Science & Biology :: Biology :: Life Sciences :: Science&Mathematics :: Science :: Life Sciences - Biology - General :: Ralph Taggart :: Cecie Starr :: :: Biology - The Unity and Diversity of Life (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)