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Life: The Science of Biology
By William K. Purves
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher W H Freeman & Co
Publication date December 26, 2003
Binding Hardcover
Edition 7 cdr
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780716758075
ISBN-10 0716758075
Dimensions 0.25 by 4.75 by 4.75 in.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $28.40
Other format details sci/tech
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This text aims to establish biology as a discipline not just a collection of facts. Life develops students' understanding of biological processes with scholarship, a smooth narrative, experimental contexts, art and effective pedagogy.

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Hardcover
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With H. Craig Heller, May R. Berenbaum, David Sadava, David M. Hillis | 9 edition from W H Freeman & Co (October 15, 2009)
9781429219624 | details & prices | 1259 pages | 9.50 × 11.50 × 2.00 in. | 7.04 lbs | List price $241.40
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
About: THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF LIFEVisit the Life, 9e preview site at www.
With David Sadava, Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | Pck har/pa edition from W H Freeman & Co (March 7, 2007)
9781429208840 | details & prices | 1251 pages | 9.00 × 11.00 × 2.50 in. | 9.05 lbs | List price $205.20
With William K. Purves, Gordon H. Orians, David Sadava | from Gardners Books (February 1, 2007)
9780716799016 | details & prices | 1000 pages | 9.50 × 11.00 × 1.75 in. | 7.20 lbs | List price $81.40
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
About: Serving as an introductory text to biological concepts through the research that revealed them, this book covers a range of topics with an integrated experimental focus.
With David Sadava, Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 8 cdr edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 22, 2006)
9780716778905 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.05 lbs | List price $10.65
About: As in previous editions of this textbook, the 5th edition shows biology not as a collection of facts, but as a dynamic discipline.
With David Hillis, David Sadava, Gordon H. Orians, H. Craig Heller | 8 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 8, 2006)
9780716776710 | details & prices | 1251 pages | 9.25 × 11.50 × 1.75 in. | 7.06 lbs | List price $237.85
About: Co-published by Sinauer Associates, Inc.
With David Hillis, David Sadava, Gordon H. Orians, H. Craig Heller | 8 har/cdr edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 5, 2006)
9781429203296 | details & prices | 1251 pages | 9.25 × 11.00 × 1.50 in. | 7.15 lbs | List price $205.20
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 7 pck edition from W H Freeman & Co (July 15, 2006)
9780716775133 | details & prices | 1120 pages | 9.00 × 10.75 × 2.75 in. | 6.90 lbs | List price $180.10
About: This text aims to establish biology as a discipline not just a collection of facts.
With David Sadava, Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 6 pck edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 5, 2004)
9780716773160 | details & prices | 9.25 × 11.00 × 3.50 in. | 11.25 lbs | List price $147.70
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With David Sadava, Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 7 edition from W H Freeman & Co (June 1, 2004)
9780716764748 | details & prices | 1441 pages | 9.25 × 11.00 × 2.00 in. | 8.00 lbs | List price $163.30
About: This text aims to establish biology as a discipline not just a collection of facts.
With David Sadava (other contributor), H. Craig Heller (other contributor), Gordon H. Orians (other contributor) | 7 edition from W H Freeman & Co (January 1, 2004); titled "Life, the Science of Biology"
9780716798569 | details & prices | 8.75 × 10.50 × 0.75 in. | 2.30 lbs | List price $198.80
About: Authoritative, thorough, and engaging, Life: The Science of Biology achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability, never losing sight of either the science or the student.
The price comparison is for this edition
7 cdr edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 26, 2003)
9780716758075 | details & prices | 4.75 × 4.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.05 lbs | List price $28.40
About: This text aims to establish biology as a discipline not just a collection of facts.
With David Sadava, Craig Heller, H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 7 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 15, 2003)
9780716788515 | details & prices | 1121 pages | 9.00 × 10.75 × 1.75 in. | 6.60 lbs | List price $189.60
About: Authoritative, thorough, and engaging, Life: The Science of Biology achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability, never losing sight of either the science or the student.
from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2003); titled "Life, the Science of Biology"
9780716719748 | details & prices | List price $90.60
About: This text aims to establish biology as a discipline not just a collection of facts.
With H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians, Sadava | 6th pkg edition from W H Freeman & Co (July 1, 2001); titled "Life the Science of Biology"
9780716748977 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.00 × 3.00 in. | 10.80 lbs | List price $134.35
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With William K. Purves | 6 edition from W H Freeman & Co (July 1, 2001); titled "Life the Science of Biology"
9789990851052 | details & prices | List price $0.02
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
With David Sadava (other contributor), H. Craig Heller (other contributor), Gordon H. Orians (other contributor) | 6th (Hardcover with CD) edition from W H Freeman & Co (May 4, 2001)
9780716738756 | details & prices | 1044 pages | 9.00 × 11.25 × 1.75 in. | 6.00 lbs | List price $138.20
About: The Web Site and CD-ROM each support the entire text, offering: over 65 animated tutorials on key topics; activities (e.
6 cdr edition from W H Freeman & Co (April 1, 2001); titled "Life, the Science of Biology"
9780716738749 | details & prices | 1044 pages | 5.00 × 5.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.05 lbs | List price $16.20
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 6 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2000)
9780716738732 | details & prices | 1044 pages | 9.00 × 11.00 × 1.50 in. | 6.00 lbs | List price $177.50
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 5th bk&cdr edition from Sinauer Associates Inc (February 1, 1998)
9780716733256 | details & prices | 1243 pages | 9.50 × 11.50 × 1.75 in. | 6.85 lbs | List price $106.50
About: As in previous editions, Life 5/e shows biology not as a collection of facts, but as a dynamic discipline.
With David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 5th edition from Sinauer Associates Inc (February 1, 1998)
9780716740216 | details & prices | 9.00 × 11.00 × 2.50 in. | 7.65 lbs | List price $109.80
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With William K. Life Purves, the Science of Biology (other contributor) | 5th edition from Sinauer Associates Inc (December 1, 1997)
9780716728696 | details & prices | 9.00 × 11.50 × 2.00 in. | 6.85 lbs | List price $75.95
About: As in previous editions of this textbook, the 5th edition shows biology not as a collection of facts, but as a dynamic discipline.
With David Sadava, Craig Ehllar, Gordon H. Orians | 5th edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 1997)
9780716732761 | details & prices | List price $95.14
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians, H. C Raig Heller | 4th edition from Sinauer Associates Inc (December 1, 1994)
9780716726296 | details & prices | 9.50 × 11.50 × 1.75 in. | 6.60 lbs | List price $74.95
About: Establishing that biology is a dynamic discipline, not just a collection of facts, this text focuses on students' conceptual understanding of biological processes.
With H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 3rd edition from W H Freeman & Co (March 1, 1992)
9780716722762 | details & prices | 9.00 × 11.50 × 1.75 in. | 6.45 lbs | List price $64.95
About: "Life" integrates scholarship, an engaging narrative style, effective pedagogy, and art-work into a cohesive presentation of biological data and ideas that should interest students.
Paperback
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With H. Craig Heller, David Sadava, David M. Hillis, May R. Berenbaum | 9 unbnd edition from W H Freeman & Co (October 15, 2009)
9781429232531 | details & prices | 1266 pages | 8.75 × 11.00 × 1.75 in. | 6.35 lbs | List price $154.80
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
About: THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF LIFE.
With H. Craig Heller, May R. Berenbaum, David Sadava, David M. Hillis | 9 edition from W H Freeman & Co (October 12, 2009); titled "Life, the Science of Biology: The Cell and Heredity"
9781429246453 | details & prices | 1266 pages | 9.25 × 11.25 × 0.75 in. | 2.75 lbs | List price $94.45
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
About: THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF LIFE The science of biology evolves.
With H. Craig Heller, David Sadava, David M. Hillis, May R. Berenbaum | 9 pck pap/ edition from W H Freeman & Co (October 12, 2009); titled "Life: The Science of Biology : Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology"
9781429246446 | details & prices | 389 pages | 9.25 × 11.25 × 0.75 in. | 2.65 lbs | List price $94.45
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
About: THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF LIFE The science of biology evolves.
With H. Craig Heller, David Sadava, David M. Hillis, May R. Berenbaum | 9 edition from W H Freeman & Co (October 12, 2009)
9781429246477 | details & prices | 332 pages | 9.00 × 10.75 × 0.75 in. | 2.75 lbs | List price $94.45
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
About: THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF LIFE The science of biology evolves.
With David Sadava, Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 8 pck unbn edition from W H Freeman & Co (July 15, 2007)
9781429208772 | details & prices | 9.00 × 11.00 × 2.50 in. | 8.42 lbs | List price $113.60
About: Part of a three-volume set which focuses on students' conceptual understanding of biological processes.
With David Sadava, Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 8 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 22, 2006)
9780716776772 | details & prices | 92 pages | List price $52.55
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With David Sadava, Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 8 stg edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 22, 2006)
9780716778936 | details & prices | 363 pages | 8.25 × 11.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.95 lbs | List price $41.75
About: Especially helpful for AP Biology students each chapter of the study guide offers a variety of study and review tools.
With David Sadava, David M. Hillis, Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 8 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 8, 2006)
9780716776758 | details & prices | 1110 pages | 9.00 × 10.75 × 0.75 in. | 2.40 lbs | List price $80.95
About: Authoritative and thorough, "Life" achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability.
With David Hillis, David Sadava, Gordon H. Orians, H. Craig Heller | 8 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 8, 2006)
9780716776734 | details & prices | 461 pages | 8.50 × 10.50 × 0.75 in. | 2.70 lbs | List price $85.20
About: Authoritative and thorough, "Life" achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability.
With David Hillis, David Sadava, Gordon H. Orians, H. Craig Heller | 8 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2006)
9780716776741 | details & prices | 389 pages | 9.00 × 10.75 × 0.75 in. | 2.60 lbs | List price $80.95
About: Authoritative and thorough, "Life" achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability.
With David Sadava, Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 7 pck edition from W H Freeman & Co (March 24, 2004)
9780716762041 | details & prices | 8.75 × 10.50 × 1.25 in. | 4.85 lbs | List price $118.30
With Betty McGuire | 7 stg edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 26, 2003)
9780716758112 | details & prices | 8.25 × 10.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $49.70
About: The guide offers clearly defined learning objectives, summaries of key concepts, references to Life and to the student Web/CD-ROM, and review and exam-style self-test questions with answers and explanations.
With David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 7 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2003)
9780716758099 | details & prices | 9.00 × 10.50 × 0.75 in. | 2.30 lbs | List price $61.95
About: "Life" integrates scholarship, an engaging narrative style, effective pedagogy, and art-work into a cohesive presentation of biological data and ideas that should interest students.
from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2003)
9780716758082 | details & prices | 9.00 × 10.50 × 0.75 in. | 2.45 lbs | List price $72.45
About: "Life" integrates scholarship, an engaging narrative style, effective pedagogy, and art-work into a cohesive presentation of biological data and ideas that should interest students.
With William K. Purves | 6 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2003)
9789990009873 | details & prices | 8.75 × 10.50 × 0.75 in. | 2.45 lbs | List price $0.02
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
With William K. Purves | 7 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2003)
9789990009880 | details & prices | List price $0.02
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
With David Sadava, Orians | 6th edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2000)
9780716743484 | details & prices | 8.50 × 10.75 × 0.75 in. | 2.30 lbs | List price $52.85
About: Life The Science of Biology Sixth Edition Volume I: The Cell and Heredity.
With David Sadava, Gordon H. Orians | 6 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2000)
9780716743491 | details & prices | 8.75 × 10.50 × 0.75 in. | 2.20 lbs | List price $54.40
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With David Sadava, Gordon H. Orians | 6 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2000)
9780716743507 | details & prices | 8.50 × 10.75 × 0.75 in. | 2.25 lbs | List price $52.85
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With William K. Purves | 6 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2000)
9789990865691 | details & prices | List price $0.02
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
With William K. Purves | 6 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2000)
9789990865707 | details & prices | List price $0.02
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
With William K. Purves | 6 edition from W H Freeman & Co (December 1, 2000)
9789990865714 | details & prices | List price $0.02
This edition also contains Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology, Life: The Science of Biology
With Orians, Sadava, Heller | 5th bk&cdr edition from Sinauer Associates Inc (February 1, 2000)
9780716733492 | details & prices | 8.75 × 10.50 × 2.25 in. | 7.85 lbs | List price $106.50
About: CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC.
With David Sadava, H. Craig Heller, Gordon H. Orians | 5th edition from W H Freeman & Co (October 1, 1998)
9780716732754 | details & prices | 9.00 × 11.25 × 0.75 in. | 2.60 lbs | List price $44.05
About: As in previous editions of this textbook, the 5th edition shows biology not as a collection of facts, but as a dynamic discipline.

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