Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology.

Cover -- Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Color Plate -- 1 Discovery and Causation -- 2 Observations as Evidence -- 3 From Observations to Data -- 4 Experiments: The Gold Standard for Research -- 5 Correlations, Comparisons, and Causation -- 6 The Diverse Uses of Models in Biology -- 7 Genes, Environments, and the Complexity of Causation -- 8 From Causes to Consequences: Considering the Weight of Evidence -- 9 Science as a Social Process -- 10 Critical Thinking about Climate Change -- Appendix 1 Units of Measurement Used in This Book -- Appendix 2 How Does Evolution Work? -- Appendix 3 Sensory Worlds of Humans and Other Animals -- Appendix 4 Global Climate Change: How Can Amateurs Comprehend Complex Models? -- Appendix 5 The Mystery of Missing Heritability -- Appendix 6 Mapping Arguments to Aid Critical Thinking about the Weight of Evidence -- Appendix 7 What Are the Benefits of Organic Farming? The Weight of Evidence -- Appendix 8 Global Climate Change: Evaluating Expert Opinion -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.

Featuring a new approach to an undergraduate biology text, Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology emphasizes and is organized around methods and different ways of experimentation, rather than around biological topics. The result is a book that teaches new biology students to think critically about a wide range biological questions and subjects.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.