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Simon et al., The Campbell Essential Biology Series

Eric J. Simon, New England College
Jean L. Dickey, Clemson University
Jane B. Reece, Berkeley, California

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Simon et al., The Campbell Essential Biology Series

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Campbell Essential Biology, 7th Edition

Simon & Dickey

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The Authors

Eric J. Simon | Jean L. Dickey | Jane B. Reece

Eric J. Simon — Eric J. Simon

Eric J. Simon is a professor in the Department of Biology and Health Science at New England College (Henniker, New Hampshire).

He teaches introductory biology to science majors and nonscience majors, as well as upper-level courses in tropical marine biology and careers in science. Dr. Simon received a B.A. in biology and computer science, an M.A. in biology from Wesleyan University, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Harvard University. His research focuses on innovative ways to use technology to increase active learning in the science classroom, particularly for nonscience majors. Dr. Simon is also the author of the introductory biology textbook Biology: The Core, 2nd Edition, and a coauthor of Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, 9th Edition.

Jean L. Dickey — Jean L. Dickey

Jean L. Dickey is Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina).

After receiving her B.S. in biology from Kent State University, she went on to earn a Ph.D. in ecology and evolution from Purdue University. In 1984, Dr. Dickey joined the faculty at Clemson, where she devoted her career to teaching biology to nonscience majors in a variety of courses. In addition to creating content-based instructional materials, she developed many activities to engage lecture and laboratory students in discussion, critical thinking, and writing, and implemented an investigative laboratory curriculum in general biology. Dr. Dickey is the author of Laboratory Investigations for Biology, 2nd Edition, and is a coauthor of Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, 9th Edition.

Jane B. Reece — Jane B. Reece

Jane B. Reece was Neil Campbell’s longtime collaborator and a founding author of Campbell Essential Biology and Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology.

Her education includes an A.B. in biology from Harvard University (where she was initially a philosophy major), an M.S. in microbiology from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in bacteriology from the University of California, Berkeley. At UC Berkeley, and later as a postdoctoral fellow in genetics at Stanford University, her research focused on genetic recombination in bacteria. Dr. Reece taught biology at Middlesex County College (New Jersey) and Queensborough Community College (New York). Dr. Reece’s publishing career began in 1978 when she joined the editorial staff of Benjamin Cummings, and since then, she played a major role in a number of successful textbooks. She was the lead author of Campbell Biology Editions 8–10 and a founding author of Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections.

Titles

Campbell Essential Biology, 7th Edition

Simon & Dickey

©2019

| Available