Konrad B. Krauskopf,
Prof. Emeritus of Geochemistry, Stanford Univ. Arthur Beiser
ISBN: 0072418265 Copyright year: 2003
Feature Summary
Feature:On Line Learning Center. The OLC contains the instructor's manual, digital transparencies, an image set, and professional resources for the instructor. It also contains self quizzing, animations, on-line multiple choice quizzes, matching exercises, key term flashcards, crossword puzzles, web links, a glossary, and much more for the student.
Benefit: It provides a multitude of resources to help students with their studies and provides instructors with information to help them teach.
Feature:Updated information. Chapter 6 on Waves was reorganized to provide a more effective treatment of this subject. Content was updated on such subjects as energy supply, global warming, the solar system, and the structure and evolution of the universe. New information has been incorporated in 23 new sidebars. Sixty new illustrations were also added to this edition.
Benefit: This will keep the student and the instructor informed about new discoveries and updated scientific information.
Feature:Essential Study Partner CD ROM packaged free with every text. This CD ROM contains guest essays, sample solved problems, animations, an image bank, quizzes, crossword puzzles, flashcards, and an Interactive Student Study Guide. The study guide features detailed chapter outlines, chapter goals, many practices exercises, including short answer, multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and matching.
Benefit: Students get all of the benefits of this interactive CD ROM without any additional cost.
Feature: Emphasis on scientific method of inquiry - how scientists think.
Benefit: This will help students grasp the difficult to understand, scientific concepts.
Feature: Math Refresher at the back of the book. This self-contained section provides back ground information for all of the math used in the book.
Benefit: An excellent resource for students who have difficulty with math.
Feature:More conceptual, less math than most physical science texts.
Benefit: Makes the subject matter more approachable for students who would normally hesitate to get involved in science.
Feature: Emphasis on environment, structure of matter, science of life.
Benefit: These current and exciting topics draw non-science students into the text.
Feature: Superb pedagogy: updated "A Scientist at Work" essays, 34 biographies of important scientists, worked examples and exercises, chapter summaries, conceptual questions and problems, 107 high-interest sidebars applying science to everday life, and answers to all odd-numbered questions and problems.
Benefit: These features provide students with various inroads into the study of science and relate science to their everyday experiences.
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