Environmental Science for a Changing World (Canadian Edition)
Environmental Science for a Changing World (Canadian Edition)

Author: Karen Ing

Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Published: 2013-09-02

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 146418285X

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Environmental Science for a Changing World captivates students with real-world stories while exploring the science concepts in context. Engaging stories plus vivid photos and infographics make the content relevant and visually enticing. The result is a text that emphasizes environmental, scientific, and information literacies in a way that engages students.

Scientific American Environmental Science for a Changing World
Scientific American Environmental Science for a Changing World

Author: Susan Karr

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-15

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9781319245627

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Available for the first time with Macmillan's new online learning tool, Achieve, Susan Karr's Environmental Science for a Changing World 4e uses an engaging, journalistic approach--real stories about real people--to show students how science works and how to think critically about environmental issues. Each module reads like a single, integrated Scientific American-style article with clear explanations of essential processes and concepts enhanced with beautifully designed infographics.

Environmental Geology
Environmental Geology

Author: Dorothy Merritts

Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Published: 2014-03-28

Total Pages: 705

ISBN-13: 1319029507

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Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this highly anticipated new edition of Merritt's classic text provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and builds an informed student understanding with case studies, conceptual explanations, and relevant presentation of material. By far the most concise book for its course, it remains the only textbook to use an earth systems approach to exploring how the Earth works, the human impact on the environment, and the characteristics of different natural hazards.

Scientific American Environmental Science for a Changing World (Extended)
Scientific American Environmental Science for a Changing World (Extended)

Author: Susan Karr

Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Published: 2015-01-07

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 1319034241

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Following real people and real science, Environmental Science for a Changing World provides a unique context for showing students how science works and how to think critically about environmental issues. Chapters don’t merely include interesting stories—each chapter is an example of science journalism at its best, combining Scientific American-style writing, layout, and graphics to tell one compelling story that exemplifies important concepts and issues. This approach has proven so effective, that instructors using the book report a dramatic increase in the number of students who read the assignments and come to class ready to participate. This updated new edition features new stories, updated scientific coverage, and enhanced Infographics—the book’s signature visual study tool that combines memorable images, step-by-step callouts, and now, questions that foster scientific literacy.

Biology for a Changing World
Biology for a Changing World

Author: Michele Shuster

Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Published: 2014-03-07

Total Pages: 606

ISBN-13: 1464161704

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From the groundbreaking partnership of W. H. Freeman and Scientific American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of biology and its impact on the way we live. In Biology for a Changing World, two experienced educators and a science journalist explore the core ideas of biology through a series of chapters written and illustrated in the style of a Scientific American article. Chapters don’t just feature compelling stories of real people—each chapter is a newsworthy story that serves as a context for covering the standard curriculum for the non-majors biology course. Updated throughout, the new edition offers new stories, additional physiology chapters, a new electronic Instructor's Guide, and new pedagogy.