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基本信息·出版社：Prentice Hall
·页码：496 页
·出版日期：2007年06月
·ISBN：0131755099
·International Standard Book Number：0131755099
·条形码：9780131755093
·EAN：9780131755093
·版本：4
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Practical Skills
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Practical Skills in Biology is an indispensable book for undergraduate students in the life sciences. The book provides useful support at all stages of a degree course and underpins any practical course in biology. It is also a valuable resource for teachers of biology in colleges and secondary schools. Laboratory and field studies are essential components of undergraduate training in biology. Practical work must be fully understood and effectively presented, but many students under-perform because they lack basic laboratory skills. This book, now in its fourth edition, continues to provide students with easy-to-use guidance for laboratory and field studies, but in addition it now covers broader transferable skills. As a result the new edition provides guidance and support over the entire range of a typical undergraduate course in biology.
专业书评 From the Back Cover“This excellent book is a must for all biology departments...tells you all you ever wanted to know about practical techniques but didn’t like to ask”
Journal of Biological Education
“There is something here for everyone, including advanced level students and teachers”
The Biologist
“A well-pitched and comprehensive guide for all life science undergraduate students; in many cases this could be the most important book that they will buy.”
Dr. Chris Bax, London Metropolitan University
If you are studying Biology then this book is an indispensable companion throughout your entire degree programme. It lucidly demonstrates 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.
This fourth edition builds on the excellent foundation of its predecessors. It contains a fully updated examination of existing topics and covers even more core skills, including:
ELISA assays
Digital imaging
Sterile technique for eukaroyte cell culture
Real-time PCR
Bioethics
Personal development planning
Curriculum choices
Learning styles
Avoiding plagiarism
E-learning
Thinking processes
Using software to enhance graph/table drawing, statistical analysis and presentations
Key Features:
New ‘safety note’ feature, highlighting specific hazards and appropriate practical steps to minimise risk
Worked examples and ‘how to’ boxes that set out the essential procedures in a step-by-step manner
Key points highlighting critical features of methodology
Study exercises in each chapter to reinforce learning Use of margin tips, definitions and illustrations throughout
Allan Jones is Senior Lecturer in in Biology and Life Sciences at the University of Dundee; Rob Reed is Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Central Queensland University; Jonathan Weyers is Director of Quality Assurance at the University of Dundee.
目录 List of boxes Preface to the 4th edition Guided tour For the student Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 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 and revision 6. Curriculum options, assessment and exams 7. Preparing your curriculum vitae Information technology and library resources 8. Finding and citing published information 9. Evaluating information 10. Using online resources 11. Using spreadsheets 12. Word processors, databases and other packages Communicating information 13. Organising a poster display 14. Giving a spoken presentation 15. General aspects of scientific writing 16. Writing essays 17. Reporting practical and project work 18. Writing literature surveys and reviews Fundamental laboratory techniques 19. Your approach to practical work 20. Health and safety 21. Working with liquids 22. Basic laboratory procedures 23. Principles of solution chemistry 24. pH and buffer solutions The investigative approach 25. The principles of measurement 26. SI units and their use 27. Making observations 28. Drawing diagrams 29. Basic fieldwork procedures 30. Samples and sampling 31. Scientific method and design of experiments 32. Making notes of practical work 33. Project work Obtaining and identifying specimens 34. Collecting animals and plants 35. Fixing and preserving animals and plants 36. Collecting and isolating microbes 37. Naming and classifying organisms 38. Identifying plants and animals 39. Identifying microbes Manipulating and observing specimens 40. The purpose and practice of dissection 41. Introduction to microscopy 42. Preparing specimens for light microscopy 43. Setting up and using a light microscope 44. Interpreting microscope images 45. Sterile technique 46. Cell culture 47. Working with animal and plant tissues and cells 48. Photography and imaging 49. Measuring growth and response Advanced laboratory techniques 50. Calibration and its application to quantitative analysis 51. Immunological methods 52. Enzyme studies 53. Mendelian genetics 54. Molecular biology techniques 55. Light measurement 56. Radioactive isotopes and their uses 57. Measuring oxygen content 58. Centrifugation 59. Spectroscopic techniques 60. Chromatography Analysis and presentation of data 61. Manipulating and transforming raw data 62. Using graphs 63. Presenting data in tables 64. Hints for solving numerical problems 65. Descriptive statistics 66. Choosing and using statistical tests Answers to study exercises Index
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