Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology provides a thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany. Throughout the text, three key principles are stressed; evolution by natural selection, examination of botanical phenomenon, and the diversity of organisms and their matter. In addition, this text contains spectacular color photographs to illuminate key organisms and points mentioned in the text. Boxes, like Plants and People, offer the student additional information on subjects as well as the opportunity to think independently on how plants and human beings interrelate. The new Multimedia Enhanced Second Edition links Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology to a variety of Internet learning resources and to the Plant Biology Tutor CD-ROM. An icon appearing in the text"s margins directs students to additional resources on the Web. The end-of-chapter problems also contain a new section of Internet questions that challenge students to apply their knowledge of a chapter by researching appropriate web sites. This book-specific web site is maintained by both Jones and Bartlett Publishers and James Mauseth, thereby ensuring that the material is of the highest quality and currency and that broken links are quickly fixed or replaced.. To learn more about this dynamic teaching and learning tool, please visit http://www.jbpub.com/botany. A second icon indicates where related animations and interactive exercises can be accessed on the Plant Biology Tutor CD-ROM. Together these resources provide your students with the opportunity to become active participants in the learning process and make full use of today"s technology. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Botany: An Introduction Plant Biology (James D. Mauseth)