Life: The Science of Biology

Co-published by Sinauer Associates, Inc., and W. H. Freeman and Company.  Visit the Life, Eighth Edition preview site.

 

LIFE HAS EVOLVED. . . from its original publication to this dramatically revitalized Eighth Edition. LIFE has always shown students how biology works, offering an engaging and coherent presentation of the fundamentals of biology by describing the landmark experiments that revealed them. This edition builds on those strengths and introduces several innovations.

As with previous editions, the Eighth Edition will also be available in three paperback volumes:
  • Volume I: The Cell and Heredity, Chapters 1-20
  • Volume II: Evolution, Diversity and Ecology, Chapters 1, 21-33, 52-57
  • Volume III: Plants and Animals, Chapters 1, 34-51