Campbell Biology in Focus, Global Edition (2^nd Ed.)

For introductory biology course for science majors

In 930 text pages, Campbell Biology in Focus, Second Edition, emphasizes the essential content, concepts, and scientific skills needed for success in the college introductory course for biology majors.

1. Introduction: Evolution and the Foundations of Biology  

UNIT 1: CHEMISTRY AND CELLS

2. The Chemical Context of Life  

3. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

4. A Tour of the Cell

5. Membrane Transport and Cell Signaling

6. An Introduction to Metabolism

7. Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

8. Photosynthesis

9. The Cell Cycle

UNIT 2: GENETICS

10. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

11. Mendel and the Gene Idea

12. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

13. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

14. Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein

15. Regulation of Gene Expression

16. Development, Stem Cells, and Cancer

17. Viruses

18. Genomes and Their Evolution

UNIT 3: EVOLUTION

19. Descent with Modification

20. Phylogeny

21. The Evolution of Populations 

22. The Origin of Species

23. Broad Patterns of Evolution

UNIT 4: THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF LIFE

24. Early Life and the Diversification of Prokaryotes

25. The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes

26. The Colonization of Land

27. The Rise of Animal Diversity 

UNIT 5: PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION

28. Plant Structure and Growth

29. Resource Acquisition, Nutrition, and Transport in Vascular Plants

30. Reproduction and Domestication of Flowering Plants

31. Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals

UNIT 6: ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION

32. The Internal Environment of Animals: Organization and Regulation

33. Animal Nutrition

34. Circulation and Gas Exchange

35. The Immune System

36. Reproduction and Development

37. Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling

38. Nervous and Sensory Systems

39. Motor Mechanisms and Behavior

UNIT 7: ECOLOGY

40. Population Ecology and the Distribution of Organisms

41. Species Interactions

42. Ecosystems and Energy

43. Global Ecology and Conservation Biology

This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States.

Key Concepts and course themes:  Each chapter in the Second Edition is organized around a manageable framework of three to six Key Concepts that provide the context for supporting details, helping students distinguish the forest from the trees.

• The carefully chosen and thoughtfully crafted content of Campbell Biology in Focus emphasizes the core content of biology. For example:
  • Chapters 2 and 3 quickly review chemistry so that students reach the cell chapters sooner. If students need more chemistry review, MasteringBiology® offers 84 assignable chemistry tutorials and activities that are automatically graded.
  • Units 1-3 give students the solid foundation in cell biology, genetics, and evolution that they need in order to understand modern biology.
  • Unit 4 tells the story of the history of life by focusing on key events in the evolution of diversity, giving students an overview of life on Earth through time in four chapters.
  • Units 5 and 6 provide carefully selected examples and a more focused perspective on the interrelationship of form and function across diverse species of plants and animals.
  • Unit 7 applies the key themes of the text, including evolution, interactions, and energy and matter, to help students understand the fundamental principles and processes of ecology.
• Five fundamental themes that mirror the Vision and Change report and run through all areas of biology–Evolution, Organization, Information, Energy and Matter, and Interactions–are introduced in Chapter 1 and recur throughout the text. End-of-chapter questions focus on these themes to help students see the common “big ideas” that run