Biology: The Science of Life

Wisconsin Bookwatch, May, 2005

Biology: The Science Of Life

Stephen Nowicki

The Teaching Company

4151 Lafayette Center Drive, Suite 100, Chantilly, VA 20151-1232

PD1500 $699.95 www.teach12.com

In the six volume DVD set comprising The Teaching Company's university lecture series Biology: The Science Of Life, Stephen Nowicki (Bass Fellow and Professor of Biology, Duke University) provides the viewer with a complete and definitive course of studies on the subject of Biology. An outstanding teacher and lecturer, it should also be noted that Professor Nowicki holds appointments in Duke University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and in the Neurobiology Department as well. This outstanding presentation is offered in 72 very ably presented, thirty-minute, expertly delivered lectures. From Lecture 1: The Scope of "Life", to Lecture 17: Charles Darwin and "The Origin of Species"; to Lecture 29: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, to Lecture 48: Behavior as an Adaptive Trait; to Lecture 56: Capturing Energy from Sunlight; to Lectures 71: Human Population Growth and 72: The Human Asteroid?, Professor Nowicki provides an informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking, detailed and illuminating overview of biology from ranging from basic concepts to sophisticated insights. With each individual lecture in this outstanding series being illustrated with excellent visuals (and the entire series itself being accompanied by six printed paperback books recounting the word-for-word text of Professor Nowicki's 72 oral lectures), Biology: The Science Of Life is especially recommended for high school honors programs, college level independent studies, homeschooling curriculums, university Biology Department resource and reference materials, and would make a welcome and popular Memorial Fund acquisition selection for community library science and video/DVD collections.