Environmental Science: Toward A Sustainable Future (13th Edition) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
For introductory courses in Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, and Environmental Biology. Equipping Learners to Understand the Roles of Science, Sustainability, and Stewardship The Thirteenth Edition of Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future retains its current content and memorable themes of Science, Sustainability and Stewardship while expanding on the reader-friendly approach with built-in tools that make Wright/Boorse a bestseller. Presenting the most current and relevant Environmental Science issues and research along with new Concept Check questions and Understand the Data questions, the text and MasteringEnvironmentalScience work together to help readers understand the science behind environmental issues. Also available with MasteringEnvironmentalScience ™ . MasteringEnvironmentalScience is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment system designed to improve results by helping students quickly master concepts. Students benefit from self-paced tutorials that feature personalized wrong-answer feedback and hints that emulate the office-hour experience and help keep students on track. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain tough course concepts. For the Thirteenth Edition, MasteringEnvironmentalScience has been significantly updated to include new video assignments that expose students to real environmental issues and new coaching activities that help students build science literacy skills. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MasteringEnvironmentalScience does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MasteringEnvironmentalScience, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase boththe physical text and MasteringEnvironmentalScience, search for: 013394591X / 9780133945911 Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future Plus MasteringEnvironmentalScience with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0134011279 / 978013401127 Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future 0134245601 / 9780134245607 MasteringEnvironmentalScience with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future
Paperback: 672 pages
Publisher: Pearson; 13 edition (January 17, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0134011279
ISBN-13: 978-0134011271
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.8 x 10.7 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (155 customer reviews)
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This book is very short on substance and backing up statements with actual facts or references to studies. There are also glaring errors and it is very obvious that the authors do not have a strong background in physical science (geology, chemistry, physics, etc.). I also find it very biased, politically, which is a subject that has no place in a true science text book. Even though I may agree with many of the book's views, a science text book is not the forum for politics, unless the book is sold for a non-science environmental policy class. I don't care if Bush or Obama did something-present the facts in a scientific way, not a political way. The author should try to use dates of laws and factual data on the effectiveness of such policies instead of glowing criticism or praise for a particular politician. After all, a true scientific text book is suppose to present the data and facts and let the educated reader develop their own opinion based on data!The book also lasks expected chapter summary reviews of major points, important terms,and concepts and instead includes strange "Sound Science" review sections that are more opinion than concept or fact and severly lack in a review of the important chapter concepts and terms. For example, have any of you seen a science textbook chapter summary use the words: "outstanding science", "masterful assessment", "excellent analysis"? Really? This is how the authors summarized Chapter 18 in their Sound Science section. Once again, science is supposed to be objective not colorfully subjective. This book is a poor excuse for a science textbook, but may be better for an environmental policy class.
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