The book Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues, 7th Edition by Michael D. Johnson aims to engage and inspire students who feel intimidated by science. The book connects basic biology to real-world issues that are relevant to the students’ everyday lives. The book uses a storytelling approach, along with an extensive online support system, to demystify how the human body works, making students better consumers of health and science information. Each chapter begins with a “Current Issue” essay written by Johnson, and BlogInFocus references within the chapter direct students to his regularly-updated online blog for breaking human biology-related news. The updated, 7th edition comes with stronger student self-assessment tools, including new and expanded critical thinking questions throughout every chapter and end-of-chapter reviews. The global edition of the updated 8th edition of the book is also available for purchase. The book is available for sale in PDF format, with no access codes included. Additionally, the Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues 7e test bank and other resources are also available for purchase. Please contact the seller for more information.
Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues (7th edition) – Michael D. Johnson – PDF
eBook details
- Length: 640 pages
- Format: PDF
- Publisher: Pearson; 7th edition
- Publication Date: 19th January 2013
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0321821653, 032186252X
- ISBN-13: 9780321821652, 9780321862525
Original price was: $128.00.$5.00Current price is: $5.00.
About The Author
Michael D. Johnson
Dr. Michael D. Johnson earned his B.S. degree in Zoology from Washington State University after which he moved East to earn a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Michigan. After finishing a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School he joined the faculty of West Virginia University, where he remained for most of his career.
From 2001 to 2006 Dr. Johnson resided within the Sultanate of Oman, where he served as Founding Dean of a new medical school being built in academic partnership with West Virginia University. Following a brief interval back home at West Virginia University, in 2008 he moved to Qatar to take the position of Associate Dean for Premedical Education at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. He returned to the USA in 2011 to focus on writing and on researching subjects of interest in Human Biology.
Dr. Johnson received a number of teaching awards throughout his career, including the West Virginia University Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award and the Distinguished Teacher Award of the School of Medicine. He's a member of the National Association of Biology Teachers, the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society, American Physiological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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