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This book recognizes the growing demand among instructors for a text that departs from fact-stuffed textbooks and engages students in the discovery process at a personal level. The goal of Discovery: Windows on the Life Sciences is to relay the excitement of science by exploring selected topics in biology and medicine in a way that reveals the process of discovery. Each chapter focuses on the curiosity and creativity that drives scientists to wonder, observe, question and experiment. Not a standard textbook, this collection of journalistic essays is meant to engage the reader and peak his/her curiosity about timely and newsworthy scientific topics.
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