What is Life?

Download or read book What is Life? written by Paul Coates and published by WH Freeman. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having won over a dozen educator awards, Jay Phelan knows how to get students interested in finding out the big questions surrounding us in life, and he can tell the story of how scientists investigate these questions through this third edition text. Through using biology as the starting point, Jay is able to develop the critical thinking skills and scientific literacy that are both essential to students throughout their degree and beyond. The rigorously updated new edition brings forward features that have made this text such a success, including chapters anchored to intriguing questions about life, with original illustrations and innovative learning tools. Having partnered with LaunchPad, you can access a fully interactive e-book with a wide range of assessment features, bringing Phelan’s work to life. What is Life? is available with LaunchPad. LaunchPad combines an interactive ebook with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. See ‘Instructor Resources’ and ‘Student Resources’ for further information.