Living World ISE

Dr. George B. Johnson is a researcher, educator, and author. Born in 1942 in Virginia, he went to college in New Hampshire (Dartmouth), attended graduate school in California (Stanford), and is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, where he has taught freshman biology and genetics to undergraduates for over 35 years. Also Professor of Genetics at Washington University’s School of Medicine, Dr. Johnson is a student of population genetics and evolution, authoring more than 50 scientific journal publications. His laboratory work is renowned for pioneering the study of previously undisclosed genetic variability. His field research has centered on alpine butterflies and flowers, much of it carried out in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Wyoming. Other ecosystems he has explored in recent years include Brazilian and Costa Rican rain forests, the Florida Everglades, the seacoast of Maine, coral reefs off Belize, the ice fields and mountains of Patagonia, and, delightfully, vineyards in Tuscany.A prolific writer and educator, Dr. Johnson is the author of seven nationally recognized college texts for McGraw-Hill, including the hugely successful majors texts Biology (with botanist Peter Raven) and three nonmajors’ texts: Understanding Biology, Essentials of The Living World, and  The Living World. He has also authored two widely used high school biology textbooks, Holt Biology and Biology: Visualizing Life. In the 30 years he has been authoring biology texts, over 3 million students have been taught from textbooks Dr. Johnson has written

• Unit 11.The Science of BiologyUnit 22.The Chemistry of Life3.Molecules of Life4.Cells5.Energy and Life6.Photosynthesis: Acquiring Energy from the Sun7.How Cells Harvest Energy from FoodUnit 38.Mitosis9.Meiosis10.Foundations of Genetics11.DNA: The Genetic Material12.How Genes Work13.Genomics and BiotechnologyUnit 414.Evolution and Natural Selection15.How We Name Living Things16.Prokaryotes: The First Single-Celled Creatures17.Protists: Advent of the Eukaryotes18.Fungi Invade the LandUnit 5 Evolution of Plants19.Plant Form and Function20.Plant Reproduction and GrowthUnit 621.Evolution of the Animal Phyla22.History of the Vertebrates23.How Humans EvolvedUnit 724.The Animal Body and How It Moves25.Circulation26.Respiration27.The Path of Food Through the Animal Body28.Maintaining the Internal Environment29.How the Animal Body Defends Itself30.The Nervous System31.The Senses32.Chemical Signaling Within the Animal Body33.Reproduction and DevelopmentUnit 834.Populations and Communities35.Ecosystems36.Behavior and the Environment37.Human Influences on the Living World