| Photo Atlas for Biology Contributor(s): Perry, James W. (Author), Morton, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0534235565 ISBN-13: 9780534235567 Publisher: Cengage Learning OUR PRICE: $110.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1995 Annotation: This full-color Photo Atlas guides you through the complex subject matter facing you in your lab course, whether it be biology, botany, or zoology. Unlike black and white atlases, Perry and Morton's comprehensive Photo Atlas presents more than 600 photographs in full color, so you get a true, clear picture of the material you're working on. This invaluable aid not only helps you grasp the material more quickly in a lab setting, but also enables you to recall later what you've seen in the lab. By covering up the labels associated with the photos, you can effectively use the Atlas to study and review for exams. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology |
| Dewey: 570 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Series: Biology |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 9.03" W x 10.84" (0.88 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Use this atlas of more than 600 full-color photos and micrographs in your biology lab sections--and recall later what you saw. Cover up the photo labels for an effective study and review tool. |
Contributor Bio(s): Perry, James W.: - Jim Perry is Campus Executive Officer and Dean Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley. Prior to his retirement in 2011, he also was Professor of Biological Sciences. Dr. Perry began his university education at Fox Valley's sister campus, U.W. Marathon County in Wausau, WI. He received his B.S. (Zoology and Secondary Education), M.S. (Botany and Zoology), and Ph.D. (Botany and Plant Pathology) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His Ph.D. thesis was an ultrastructural study of the infection process and disease progression of a major fungal disease of potatoes. From 1983 to 1993, he was a faculty member at Frostburg State University. Dr. Perry and his spouse Joy reside in rural Winnebago County, WI, and spend as much time as possible at their cabin in far northern Wisconsin, seven miles south of Lake Superior. He is an avid outdoors person, vintage car owner, and owns, wrenches, and drives a 1962 Volvo vintage road race car on some of the nation's finest road race circuits.Morton, David: - David Morton emigrated to the United States from London, England, in his sophomore year of high school. Dr. Morton earned a B.S. degree cum laude from the State University of New York at New Paltz and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. His thesis involved iron metabolism in vampire bats, and he continued his general interest in the physiology and ecology of bats throughout his career. Before retiring in 2009, he held positions at Wright State University and Frostburg State University. He chaired FSU's biology department for 9 years. He continues to reside in the city of Frostburg, Maryland, with Beverly, his wife of 46 years. They have one son and four granddaughters. |