If you are a student of biology then this book will be an indispensable companion throughout your entire degree programme. It clearly explains the laboratory and field skills that you will draw on time and again for the practical aspects of your studies, and also gives you a solid grounding in those wider transferable skills which are increasingly necessary to achieve a higher level of academic success.
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Study and examination skills
1. The importance of transferable skills
2. Managing your time
3. Working with others
4. Taking notes from lectures and texts
5. Learning effectively
6. Revision strategies
7. Assignments and exams
8. Preparing your curriculum vitae
Information technolgoy and learning resources
9. Finding and citing published information
10. Evaluating information
11. Using online resources
12. Using word processors, databases and other packages
13. Using spreadsheets
Communicating information
14. Organising a poster display
15. Giving a spoken presentation
16. General aspects of scientific writing
17. Writing essays
18. Reporting practical and project work
19. Writing literature surveys and reviews
Fundamental laboratory techniques
20. Essentials of practical work
21. Bioethics
22. Health and safety
23. Working with liquids
24. Basic laboratory procedures
25. Principles of solution chemistry
26. pH and buffer solutions
The investigative approach
27. The principles of measurement
28. SI units and their use
29. Making observations
30. Drawings and diagrams
31. Basic fieldwork procedures
32. Samples and sampling
33. Scientific method and design of experiments
34. Making notes of practical work
35. Project work
Obtaining and identifying specimens
36. Collecting animals and plants
37. Fixing and preserving animals and plants
38. Collecting and isolating microbes
39. Naming and classifying organisms
40. Identifying plants and animals
41. Identifying microbes
Examining specimens and samples
42. The purpose and practice of dissection
43. Introduction to microscopy
44. Preparing specimens for light microscopy
45. Setting up and using a light microscope
46. Interpreting microscope images
47. Sterile technique
48. Cell culture
49. Working with animal and plant tissues and cells
50. Photography and imaging
51. Measuring growth and responses
52. Fundamentals of chemical analysis
53. Calibration and quantitative analysis
Environmental investigations
54. Ecological analyses
55. Analysis of aquatic environments
56. Analysis of soils and sediments
57. Measuring atmospheric variables
58. Measuring light
Advanced analytical techniques
59. Immunological methods
60. Enzyme studies
61. Mendelian genetics
62. Fundamental molecular biology techniques
63. Using stable isotopes
64. Using radioisotopes
65. Measuring oxygen content
66. Photosynthesis and respiration
67. Centrifugation
68. Spectroscopic techniques
69. Chromatography
70. Electrophoresis
Analysis and presentation of data
71. Manipulating and transforming raw data
72. Using graphs
73. Present
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'Practical Skills in Biology is a superb resource for all undergraduate bioscientists, covering the essential fundamental background for laboratory and field work. Its tips, key points, and instructions for basic procedures help students develop confidence in key transferable skills' Rona R. Ramsay PhD FRSB, University of St Andrews.
This book is an indispensable companion throughout your entire degree programme. It clearly explains the laboratory and field skills that you will draw on time and again for the practical aspects of your studies, and also gives you a solid grounding in those wider transferable skills which are increasingly necessary to achieve a higher level of academic success.
Now in its sixth edition, Practical Skills in Biology has been updated throughout to provide a complete and easy-to-read guide to developing the skills you need, further strengthening its reputation as the practical resource for students of biology and biological science.
Practical Skills in Biology:
Provides a 'one-stop' guide to the key practical skills needed in biology
Contains comprehensive coverage of key study and examination skills concepts
Includes fundamental laboratory and field skills
Helps you develop investigative and analytical techniques
Shows you how to analyse and present data
Includes new content on environmental investigations, bioethics, chemical analysis, photosynthesis and respiration, stable isotopes and electrophoresis
Additional support from a Companion Website containing answers to study exercises, live links to additional sources, and digital copies of all figures.
Allan Jones is Chancellor’s Award Fellow in Ecology, Environmental Science and Zoology at the University of Dundee, UK.
Jonathan Weyers is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee, UK
Rob Reed is Emeritus Professor (Education & Science) at Central Queensland University, Australia.
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Over 50 new tips, figures, tables and boxes.
Updates to text references and sources for further study.
Changes in content and emphasis in many chapters.
Consolidations and additions to material new in the fifth edition, including that on environmental investigations, bioethics, chemical analysis, photosynthesis and respiration, stable isotopes and electrophoresis.
Generic guidance regarding Microsoft Office software, rather than version-specific details.
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New for this edition
New page design to improve readability.
Over 50 new tips, figures, tables and boxes.
Updates to text references and sources for further study.
Changes in content and emphasis in many chapters.
Consolidations and additions to material new in the fifth edition, including that on environmental investigations, bioethics, chemical analysis, photosynthesis and respiration, stable isotopes and electrophoresis.
Generic guidance regarding Microsoft Office software, rather than version-specific details.
Support from a Companion Website containing answers to study exercises, live links to additional sources, digital copies of all figures, and a database of ‘procedures boxes’.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781292094328
Publisert
2016-03-01
Utgave
6. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Pearson Education Limited
Vekt
1220 gr
Høyde
274 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
560