biology textbook

jazzcatastrophe
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:55:28 +0000

One of my friends had an older edition last year and said that it was definitely workable, but that it was really annoying to have to match up all the pages for all of the chapters. Personally, I’m going to get the 9th edition just because I don’t want the added stress of having to make sure that I’m studying the correct material.
That being said, if you don’t mind making that extra effort, you can definitely get by with an older edition, and the professors usually keep one or two copies of the correct edition on reserve at Bobst so you can compare the two editions and figure out what you need to match up.
Also, I’ve heard that for a lot of the professors for Bio, the lectures are more important than the book, so having the most up-to-date edition might not really be that important. (I’m not entirely sure about that though)