Table 3.
Examples of books in the popular science literature that can be used to provide a familiar context for students to use as a foundation for learning the underlying cellular biology
| Book | Related cellular biology topics | Links to other disciplines |
|---|---|---|
| Pollan M (2006). The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, New York: Penguin, 450 pp. | Photosynthesis, chemical building blocks of cells, and growth and metabolism | Agriculture, economics, politics, food science, nutrition and dietetics, and ecology |
| Rohwer F (2010). Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas: The Influence of Fishing, Nutrients, Bacteria, Viruses, and Climate Change on Nature’s Most Wondrous Constructs, Basalt, CO: Plaid Press, 201 pp. | Photosynthesis, chemical building blocks of cells, and growth and metabolism | Aquaculture, meteorology, chemistry, conservation, sociology, ecology, economics, and tourism |
| Ohlson K (2014). The Soil Will Save Us, New York: Rodale, 256 pp. | Photosynthesis, chemical building blocks of cells, and growth and metabolism | Agriculture, economics, politics, conservation, and ecology |
| Hempel S (2007). The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump, John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera, Berkeley: University of California Press, 321 pp. | Growth and cellular signaling cascades | Epidemiology, microbiology, and immunology |
| Cordain L (2011). The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 266 pp. | Cellular metabolism and energy generation and genetic inheritance | Physiology, agriculture, sociology, food science, nutrition and dietetics, psychology, and evolution |
| Bronski P, Jory MM (2012). The Gluten-Free Edge: A Nutritional and Training Guide for Peak Athletic Performance and an Active Gluten-Free Life, New York: The Experiment, 374 pp. | Genetic inheritance, genome evolution, and gene expression | Agriculture, physiology, food science, and nutrition and dietetics |
| Coyle D (2009). The Talent Code, New York: Random House, 256 pp. | Cellular structure and function, cellular differentiation, and growth | Neuroscience, psychology, and sociology |