Description Known for its unique “Special Topic” chapters and emphasis on everyday health concerns, the Fifth Edition of Biology of Humans: Concepts, Applications, and Issues continues to personalize the study of human biology with a conversational writing style, stunning art, abundant applications, and tools to help students develop critical-thinking skills. The authors give students a practical and friendly introduction to understanding how bodies work and prepare them to navigate today’s world of rapidly expanding–and shifting–health information. Each chapter now opens with new “Did You Know?” questions that pique students’ interest with intriguing and little-known facts about the topic that follows, and the expanded online resources within MasteringBiology ® are now referenced at the end of each chapter. The Fifth Edition also features a new “Special Topic” chapter (1a) titled “Becoming a Patient: A Major Decision,” which discusses how to select a doctor and/or a hospital, how to research health conditions, and more. • Ten “Special Topic” Chapters explore high-interest health topics more thoroughly than can be accomplished in a brief essay. Educators who prefer to teach an applied human biology course can use these chapters to go into greater depth with specific applied topics.

• A stunning illustration program uses vibrant, three-dimensional figures to enhance the explanation in the text. Dico Dvr Software Download here. Multi-step art features voice balloons to aid the reader in following complex processes. Micrographs are incorporated into figures where appropriate to provide students with context.

• Health, Ethical, and Environmental Issues Essays explore contemporary topics that directly relate to students’ lives, motivating them to make connections to the world. • A clear and engaging writing style uses first-person narrative; analogies and applications are woven throughout to engage the reader and clearly explain concepts. • MasteringBiology ® is the most effective and widely used online homework, tutorial, and assessment system for the sciences. It delivers self-paced tutorials that focus on your course objectives, provide individualized coaching, and respond to each student’s progress.

Mastering helps instructors maximize class time with easy-to-assign, customizable, and automatically graded assessments that motivate students to learn outside of class and arrive prepared for lecture or lab. • Active Learning features engage students in learning the chapter material, including: • “ Stop and Think” features engage students in the learning process and promote active learning. Students are invited to pause, think about the concept previously explained, and apply that information to a new situation. • “ What Would You Do?” questions raise ethical questions about issues that society faces today.

Students are able to see the relevance of information learned in a biology classroom to current real-life dilemmas or decisions people must make. • “Questions to Consider” are provided at the end of each Environmental Issue, Ethical Issue, and Health Issue box to encourage students to carefully consider their own position on various issues. • Visual Summary Tables include visual cues when appropriate, adding more visual appeal and making the tables more reader-friendly. • “Looking Ahead” boxes help students prepare for the next chapter. • Pearson eText gives students access to the text whenever and wherever they can access the Internet. The eText pages look exactly like the printed text, and include powerful interactive and customization functions, including a “whiteboard” annotation tool. Highlights of changes to the Fifth Edition textbook include: • A new “Special Topic” chapter titled Becoming a Patient: A Major Decision (Chapter 1a) provides practical advice for selecting a doctor or hospital, getting the most out of a doctor’s appointment, how to research health conditions, and more.