SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BIOLOGY FOR A CHANGING WORLD. 3RD EDITION

UNIT 1 What Is Life Made Of? Chemistry, Cells, Energy
Chapter 1 Process of Science
Java Report
Making sense of the latest buzz in health-related news
Chapter 2 Chemistry of Life
Mission to Mars
Prospecting for life on the red planet
Chapter 3 Cell Structure and Function
Wonder Drug
How a chance discovery in a London laboratory revolutionized medicine
M1 Milestones in Biology
Scientific Rebel
Lynn Margulis and the theory of endosymbiosis
Chapter 4 Nutrition, Enzymes, Metabolism
The Peanut Butter Project
One doctor’s crusade to end malnutrition in Africa, one spoonful at a time
Chapter 5 Energy and Photosynthesis
The Future of Fuel?
Scientists seek to make algae into the next alternative energy source
Chapter 6 Dietary Energy and Cellular Respiration
New Story! The Sitting Disease
Understanding the causes and consequences of obesity
UNIT 2 How Does Life Reproduce? Cell Division and Inheritance
Chapter 7 DNA Structure and Replication
Biologically Unique
How DNA helped free an innocent man
M2 Milestones in Biology
The Model Makers
Watson, Crick, and the structure of DNA
Chapter 8 Genes to Proteins
New Story! Bulletproof
Scientists hope to spin spider silk into the next indestructible super-fiber
M3 Milestones in Biology
Sequence Sprint
Venter and Collins race to decode the human genome
Chapter 9 Cell Cycle and Cell Differentiation
Grow Your Own
Is regenerative medicine the solution to organ transplantation?
Chapter 10 Mutations and Cancer
Fighting Fate
When cancer runs in the family, ordinary measures are not enough
Chapter 11 Simple Inheritance and Meiosis
Catching Breath
One woman’s mission to outrun a genetic disease
M4 Milestones in Biology
Mendel’s Garden
An Austrian monk lays the foundation for modern genetics
Chapter 12 Complex Inheritance
Q&A Genetics
Complexities of human genetics, from sex to depression

UNIT 3 How Does Life Change over Time? Evolution and Diversity
Chapter 13 Natural Selection and Adaptation
Bugs that Resist Drugs
Drug-resistant bacteria are on the rise. Can we stop them?
M5 Milestones in Biology
Adventures in Evolution
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace on the trail of natural selection
Chapter 14 Nonadaptive Evolution and Speciation
Urban Evolution
How cities are altering the fate of species
Chapter 15 Evidence for Evolution
A Fish With Fingers?
A transitional fossil fills a gap in our knowledge of evolution
Chapter 16 Life on Earth
Q&A Evolution
From moon rocks to DNA, clues to the history of life on Earth
Chapter 17 Prokaryotic Diversity
Lost City
Exploring life’s origins at the bottom of the sea
Chapter 18 Eukaryotic Diversity
New Story! Can Rubber Save the Rainforest?
A small state in Brazil aims to find out.
M6 Milestones in Biology
New! Shaking the Tree
A revised view of eukaryotic diversity may be the key to tackling deadly diseases
Chapter 19 Human Evolution
Skin Deep
Science redefines the meaning of racial categories

UNIT 4 How Do Organisms Interact? Ecology
Chapter 20 Population Ecology
On the Tracks of Wolves and Moose
Ecologists learn big lessons from a small island
Chapter 21 Community Ecology
What’s Happening to Honey Bees?
A mysterious ailment threatens a vital link in the food chain
Chapter 22 Ecosystem Ecology
The Heat Is On
From migrating maples to shrinking sea ice, signs of a warming planet
M7 Milestones in Biology
Progress or Poison?
Rachel Carson, pesticides, and the birth of the environmental movement
Chapter 23 Sustainability
The Makings of a Green City
One Kansas town reinvents itself sustainable
Physiology Chapters

Unit 5 What Makes Plants Unique? Plant Biology
Plant coverage now in two chapters
Chapter 24 Plant Growth and Reproduction
New Story! Plants 2.0
Is genetic engineering the solution to world hunger?
Chapter 25 Plant Physiology
Q&A Plants
Exploding seeds, carnivorous flowers, and other colorful adaptations of the plant world

From the groundbreaking partnership of Macmillan Learning and Scientific American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of biology and its impact on the way we live.
In Biology for a Changing World, two experienced educators and a science journalist explore the core ideas of biology through chapters written and illustrated in the style of a Scientific American article. Chapters don’t just feature compelling stories of real people—each chapter is a newsworthy story that serves as a context for covering the standard curriculum for the non-majors biology course. Updated throughout, the new edition offers new stories, enhanced plant and diversity coverage, and an expanded media program.
Biology for a Changing World is supported by its own dedicated (and fully updated) version of LaunchPad, which fully integrates an interactive e-Book, all student media, a wide range of assessment and course management features.

Features
• Each chapter of Biology for a Changing World is written in the style of a Scientific American article. This story-based approach grabs student interest and teaches the relevance of biology and why it matters to students.
• Biology for a Changing World is supported by its own dedicated version of LaunchPad—Macmillan’s breakthrough online course space which fully integrates an interactive e-Book, all student media, a wide range of assessment and course management features, in a clean interface where power and simplicity go hand in hand.
• Engaging and informative Infographics are used throughout the book. These powerful pieces of art teach students how to learn from charts, graphs, and images, and add visual appeal to the science. Many of the infographics are animated with corresponding quiz questions in LaunchPad.
• Milestone mini-chapters highlight historically important discoveries in biology. These present biology as a living science by teaching students how we know what we know, and prompting them to consider how future research will expand our understanding of biology.
• Driving Questions provide the pedagogical framework for the chapter material by prompting students to consider the questions they need to be able to answer to have a full understanding of the material.
• End-of-chapter questions, each written by Michele Shuster, are framed around the chapter’s Driving Questions; each EOC set includes Interpreting Data, Mini-Case, and Bring It Home questions to help students develop higher-order thinking skills.
• Learning Curve: Put "testing to learn" into action. Based on research, LearningCurve really works: Game-like quizzing motivates students and adapts to their needs based on their performance. It is the perfect tool to get them to engage before class, and review after! Additional reporting tools and metrics help teachers get a handle on what their class knows and doesn’t know.

New to this Edition
Expanded media program
• Selected questions from the End-of-Chapter materials (written by Michele Shuster) are now assignable in Launchpad, including Interpreting Data activities that ask students to analyze data in tables, charts, or graphs and draw their own conclusions about their meaning
• Active Learning Lesson Plans for every chapter include PowerPoint slides, clicker questions, and student worksheets
• Scientific American content (including articles, podcasts, and videos) integrated into assignable activities for every chapter
• All media content is now tagged to Blooms, Driving Questions, and Learning Objectives
Enhanced plant & diversity coverage
• New two-chapter plant unit:
• Plant Growth & Reproduction (new chapter)
• Plant Physiology (new to the "without Physiology" version)
Each unit features at least one Milestone highlight of an historical important discovery. New to this edition:
• Shaking the Tree: A revised view of eukaryotic diversity may be the key to tackling deadly diseases
New Chapter Stories
• The Sitting Disease: Understanding the causes and consequences of obesity
(Ch. 6, Dietary Energy)
• Bulletproof: Scientists hope to spin spider silk into the next indestructible super-fiber (Ch. 8, Genes to Proteins)
• Can rubber save the rainforest? A small state in Brazil aims to find out. (Ch. 18, Eukaryotic Diversity)
• Plants 2.0: Is genetic engineering the solution to world hunger? (Ch. 24, Plant Growth & Reproduction)
New Infographic Question
• Each Infographic now includes a thought-provoking question at the end to reinforce the science in the student’s mind

Authors
• Michèle Shuster, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the biology department at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning and teaches introductory biology, microbiology, and cancer biology classes at the undergraduate level, as well as working on several K–12 science education programs. Michèle is involved in mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in effective teaching, preparing the next generation of undergraduate educators. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the Westhafer Award for Teaching Excellence at NMSU. Michèle received her Ph.D. from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University School of Medicine, where she studied meiotic chromosome segregation in yeast.
• Janet Vigna, Ph.D., is a professor in the biology department at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. She is a science education specialist in the Integrated Science Program, training and mentoring K–12 science teachers. Janet has 18 years of undergraduate teaching experience, with a special interest in teaching biology effectively to nonmajors. She has recently been recognized with the GVSU Outstanding Teacher Award. Her scholarly interests include biology curriculum development, the effective use of digital media in science education, and research on the effects of biological pesticides on amphibian communities. She received her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Iowa.
• Matthew Tontonoz is a science writer and independent scholar living in Brooklyn, New York. For ten years, he was a development editor for textbooks in biology before shifting his focus to writing. He is currently senior science writer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he covers advances in basic science and clinical cancer research. Matt received his B.A. in biology from Wesleyan University and his M.A. in the history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.