Wonderful basic text book
931618
Replacement for one lost in the fire.. Wonderful basic text book.
2886792
I bought this textbook so I could study to exempt a low-level biology prerequisite course at my university. For a science textbook, it is rather short at only 704 pages. However, the information is generally accurate and the treatment more than enough to engender a basic understanding of the biological sciences in the student. Especially helpful were the explanatory sections on cellular respiration, protein synthesis, DNA replication and mitosis, subjects that I feel are essentially the backbone and core concepts of introductory biology courses. The images were detailed quite well and the text is quite easy to read and understand. The authors clearly had a beginning student in mind.

I recommend this book for any student wanting a basic understanding of biology.
2558865
This text book came as decribed and the price was definitely great compared to other websites. For being a text book, it is actually a good read.
79560
This book seems to have been written primarily as a college text. It offers thoughful insite to the absolute basics which is refreshing since many texts on this subject often assume that the reader has at least an intermediate knowledge of programming. Buy this book before moving on to "Teach Yourself C in 21 Days" . As a budding programmer myself, I highly recommend this book.
Jsalas
607651
This is a wonderful book for someone starting with Visual Basic. It has easy to understand directions and is, by far, one of the best written textbooks I've ever come across. This is one of those books you keep in your library well past the class you purchased it for!
94857
Outstanding basic book on economics. It helped me understand concepts I struggled with in college, and refreshed my understanding. The book is well organized and written in plain language. It should be invaluable for anyone studying economics for the first time. They really should make this a primary text for first year economics courses. Highly recommended
1652708
Really like the text book.  Solid 100 level Environmental Science text that I am honored to get to teach out of.  I like the tie in with real, current issues.  I like the format and the dependence on real world experience.  Just a few minor "errors" that I correct in class - but overall a very solid book.
4271296
The text is in great shape.  It is not the latest edition but great for the basics.
4888001
This is a high quality textbook at a reasonable price. I am currently using it for a Coursera course and find it one of the few worthwhile purchases I have made to supplement a course. I hope that other authors make quality textbooks on various subjects. This text book covers material for a Statistics and Probability course. As in any standard textbook there are numerous examples and exercises (with solutions). I was a bit surprised at the high quality for the price, the exposition is clear and supplemented with many examples.. This book is also supplemented by the online Coursera course and free youtube videos.
1203635
This was a really good txt book. It was actually the previous edition to what my professor was using at the time, but almost exactly the same, including the pictures and captions, only difference was page numbers and a few minor details. It was laid out well and was visually easy to read quickly. It arrived in new condition, I only paid a couple dollars for it. I was really impressed that the book clearly hadn't been used! When I got to class, I found out my classmates had paid over $100 for their current editions. What truly made this a gem however, was the fact that all the answers to the final came from this book and not the current edition (at that time). It was very gratifying considering this was a business class!
1491665
This text has been very helpful to me in reviewing for concept understanding, providing additional practice problems, and generally supplementing the assigned text.  The price is excellent because its an older addition, but in math, which evolves little at this level, older is not particularly a disadvantage.
3025836
I think the majority of the raving reviews are from professors that have lost touch with what it is like to be learning the material for the first time. There are a lot of assumptions of knowledge that is taken for granted. This is much better than most text books as it does not needlessly go into several pages of equations to explain a concept, words and the critical parts of the derivations are used. The equations flow nicely without skipping the critical steps for understanding. Examples would be nice. Another reviewer mentioned the MIT Open Courseware and another site for examples and solutions. You definitely need a solid calculus and differential equations understanding to follow along. If you were unfortunate enough to get apathetic graduate student instruction for those courses, you will be in a world of hurt.

The paperback is an illegal copy from India. You can see wrinkles and folds in the pages, yet the pages are smooth. Some pages have smudges while others have debris printed on them. Everything is readable, so it seems that they have improved the scanning/printing quality from earlier reviews. The copy page states that it has been published in India by arrangement with W.W. Norton & Co, which I am assuming is the original publisher, but there is a piece of black tape over the words "Sales area: India only".
I'm not really complaining as the book was under $15, but it would have been nice to know what I was getting beforehand (I didn't read the reviews as it was required for part of a course) and I'm sure this violates Amazon's sales policies.
1580437
I'm actually an older student who is getting into astronomy and physics, so this very inexpensive text book is a great way to refresh from the basics through to calculus and geometry etc. It's well laid out and easy to follow and has lots of challenging tests at each level of the course. Of course, it is aimed at school kids, but it has much wider appeal as well.
92879
We used this text in my master's program for organizational development at ACU and I enjoyed the class and text immensely. The text was easy to understand. It was not overly pompous as some graduate level reading. It gets to the point and provides many examples and graphics to assist in theory explanations.
4772825
This textbook was used in the communication systems class I took several years ago, and I enjoyed using it very much.  It is definitely readable, and the presentation of material strikes a good balance between being suffuciently rigorous yet understandable for beginners.
I am very surprised by some of the negative reviews.
2748716
I love this book. It is very easy to follow. I wish my professors would have picked books written more like this one rather than books with so much academic fluff. This book stays focused on teaching the reader what they need to know in order to be successful, no more no less. It is not written to impress colleagues, put you to sleep, or make you feel incompetent unlike so many other technical textbooks. I am very impressed the authors' ability to explain complex topics in a simplistic manner. Thank you for the knowledge!
3990696
I have used this text in my undergrad course for the last couple of years.  It is written in real language with lots of practical suggestions for elementary and middle school teachers.  I wish I had had textbooks like this when I was in college!