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Wednesday, December 20. 2017

Continuing education

Again, a Christmas book only for those who wish to continue or to update their secondary or college educations:  Campbell's Biology.  


It is the current basic text, and it guarantees a thorough grounding in the basics. If you shop around on line, you can find it for much less than the list price. 


A magnificent book, clear and easy to read if you recall some basic biochem.  If you took college bio ten years ago, you know almost nothing.

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Education, Medical, Psychology, and Dr. Bliss, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 18:02 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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That's a good biology text. For free one can take the MIT course with Eric Lander et al.

https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-biology-secret-life-mitx-7-00x-7
#1 anon on 2017-12-20 20:38 (Reply)
What if you took college bio 50 years ago? LOL
#2 TANSTAFL on 2017-12-21 07:59 (Reply)
That's what I was thinking, too!
#2.1 mary on 2017-12-21 09:19 (Reply)
Well obviously you only learned lies, because at that time they thought that your chromosomes made you male or female.
#2.2 Mark Matis on 2017-12-21 10:30 (Reply)
And, whether or not you were black or white or brown was also thus determined. As we have been told by our betters today, that is only up to your feelings.
#2.2.1 mary on 2017-12-21 10:58 (Reply)
Report to the reprogramming center.
#2.3 JK Brown on 2017-12-21 16:35 (Reply)
No, biology science hasn't increased that much in the last 10 years. I picked up a copy and have started reading it, a couple of big changes, lots of integration of climate change dogma into biology curricula. Also apparently in unit 3 genetics they "clarify the meaning of the term "normal" in genetics and explain that sex is no longer thought simply to be binary." What fun, the thought police are very active in biology.
#3 Bill O on 2017-12-21 18:41 (Reply)
As if on cue:

WAR ON SCIENCE: Kansas State University class: ‘Gender is not determined by chromosomes.’
#4 JK Brown on 2017-12-22 09:07 (Reply)

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