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Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations | 
 enlarge | Authors: David Randall, Warren Burggren, Kathleen French, Roger Eckert
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 823744
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4th
Pages: 727
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 0716724146
Dewey Decimal Number: 591.1
EAN: 9780716724148
ASIN: 0716724146
Publication Date: February 1997
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 Good Product, good price, great seller October 5, 2005
Jimmy H. Nguyen
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
What more can I say, I recieved the textbook in good condition for a good price in a timely manner. I had to make a correction on the shipping address and that was taken care of w/o any problems. Thanks!
 Scholastic perfection September 13, 2004
R. Harris (San Antonio, Texas USA)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've been in an accredited university for fifteen years studying the intricacies of physiology. I have never come across a book that was executed to such perfection. The photos are astonishing in their clarity and intimate setting. The narration is concise and very clear, almost to the point where you want to phone the author and congratulate him on his accomplishment. If you are thinking of pursuing any kind of biological/medical field than I highly recommend this fine piece of art. It will soon be Shakespearean in its influence. Don't trust the simple words of my fellow plebian reviewers; this book is the second coming of the Bible.
A physiology instructor weighs in on this book February 11, 2003
D. Vaughan (Oshkosh, WI USA)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I have been teaching University-level physiology for over 10 years. I have used at least a dozen books, from the "essentials" to the "encyclopedic". For a one-semester course on physiology that emphasizes recurring mechanisms from a cellular and organ-level perspective, with a great introduction to ecological physiology thrown in, Eckert cannot be beat. In my experience, the vast majority of students respond better to Eckert's illustrations than to the endless flow charts that appear in most of the other books. It nicely fills the niche between "just the basics" essentials texts (which are simply not rigorous enough for biology majors) and the "every little detail" encyclopedic texts that most students find bewildering. If I had to learn animal physiology from just one textbook, this would be it; and I'd save the cell & molecular details from one of THOSE specialty texts instead. The ONLY criticism I have about Eckert is its nearly complete lack of consideration of the immune system.
 This book is a total waste October 31, 2002
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
Poor illustration, lengthy text,and not very well updated
A Horrible book! February 13, 2002
6 out of 15 found this review helpful
The author can not explain the molecular aspects of biological processes well. The figures were fine but there are so many books that are far better than this. The author seriously needs to take some writing classes. I had to use another book in conjunction with this one, inorder to make sure I got the concepts correct. Compared to the other book, Eckert Animal Physiology is nothing!
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