My writing Career began as I worked with my teaching colleagues to develop a course that reached out to science- shy students. We all believed in the human approach, and regardless of that week?s topic, we sought human applications that would make the material more relevant to the student. After teaching for several years, I began to develop a methodology that enabled most students to learn biology, and from those teaching experiences, I developed the first edition of Inquiry into Life. The goal of Inquiry into Life has always been, and continues to be, to blend the classic with the new, and develop a book that is both time-tested and current. The levels of biological organization serve as a guide, and the text begins with chemistry and ends with ecology. Students need to know not only about themselves but also about the other organisms that share this planet with us. The systems chapters in Inquiry into Life pertain to humans, and the anatomy and physiology of other animals is discussed in the Animal Kingdom chapters. I firmly believe that students must develop an understanding and appreciation of how the biosphere works in order to make decisions that will help the biosphere endure.
