Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. STOCK PHOTOS MAY VARY FROM THE ACTUAL ITEM. ACTUAL PHOTOS AVAIL. UPON REQUEST. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Graphic Survey of Biology by A. M. Weckstein, Ph. D., Chairman, Science Department, Barringer High School, Newark, NJ and Benjamin DeLeon, M.A., Science Department, South Side High School, Newark, NJ Graphic Survey of Biology is a brief but comprehensive text, presenting a complete course in biology for secondary schools. The book is organized on the functional unit plan, and embodies a sequence of topics which the authors have found advantageous in their own classes. However, the organization is such that the teacher may select chapters, and topics within the chapters, in any orders he sees fit. The Keynote of Graphic Survey of Biology is conciseness and simplicity. The authors have tried to present each topic as compactly as accuracy and thoroughness permit. To achieve this, they have emphasized essentials, eliminated extraneous details, exercised careful control over the language, and made frequent use of such devices as charts and tabular summaries. None the less, the content meets fully the requirements of the elementary biology course taught in leading school systems throughout the nation. The tect of Graphic Survey of Biology is fully up-to-date in pedagogical approach and in scientific content. Constant effort has been made to emphasize the social aspects of the subject, the scientific method, and applications of biology to everyday life. Each chapter is introduced by a pictorial interpretation, designed to motivate the study of the material which follows. The text is accompanied by a wealth of diagrams and other visualizations. These have been most carefully planned to meet the highest possible standards of clarity and correctness. The illustrations have been further enhanced by the use of color. This has not been added merely for decoration or eye appeal. The color is used functionally and judiciously, to highlight or point up the most significant portions of drawings, to emphasize logical relationships, and to clarify details of anatomy.