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  • MasteringBiology™

    MasteringBiology offers new in-depth tutorials on biology's toughest topics. These tutorials provide hints and feedback specific to each student's misconceptions. MasteringBiology also includes quizzes and the Test Bank.


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    Narrated by author Eric Simon, MP3 Tutors walk students through an audio tour of more than 40 biological concepts that non-majors biology students typically find difficult to understand.



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    • Hot Topics

  • Current Issues in Biology

    Give your students the best of both worlds-accessible, dynamic, relevant articles from Scientific American magazine that present key issues in biology, paired with the authority, reliability, and clarity of Benjamin Cummings' biology texts.


  • Special Topics in Biology

    These brief booklets present current biological hot topics in accessible language.


  • Current Issues in Microbiology

    Give your students the best of both worlds—accessible, dynamic, relevant articles from Scientific American magazine paired with the authority, reliability, and clarity of Benjamin Cummings' microbiology texts.