Authors: John H. Postlethwait, Janet L. Hopson
This fresh approach to teaching introductory biology to non-science majors is based on two sets of beliefs. First, that nonscience majors absorb biology best when it is presented in the context of personal experience or
human relevance. Second, that today's variety of media-video, CD-ROMs, and the Internet-offer unprecedented opportunities to bring people,
imagery, biological processes, hands-on interactivity, and up-to-the-minute data into the study of biology. Authors John Postlethwait and Janet Hopson have created a topical, case-history approach to teaching life
science fundamentals that fully integrates electronic media so that the student can explore relevant biology in ways suited to