Discover Biology

Discover Biology takes an innovative approach to the teaching of the one-semester non-majors' biology course. Rather than overwhelming the non-major student with a mass of detail, secondary concepts, and vocabulary terms, the authors emphasize applied topics in biology, with the goal of improving students' biological literacy. Six major units address the diversity of life, cells, genetics, evolution, form and function, and interactions with the environment. Each chapter opens with a short vignette, providing context for the chapter content, and ends with an "evaluating the news" section that hones critical reasoning skills. Concise chapters, annotated figures, outstanding pedagogy, and a host of ancillaries make Discover Biology the clear choice for nonmajors' biological science survey courses.