SynopsisPresent Honors Biology From a Human Perspective. Inquiry into Life was originally developed to reach out to science-shy students . The text now represents one of the cornerstones of introductory biology education . It is founded on the belief that teaching science from a human perspective, coupled with human applications, will make the material more relevant to the student . Updated chapter openers and readings reflect more recent discoveries or topics of interest in the life sciences. Updated statistics, maps, and tables reflect changes in our scientific understanding of the topic. Print student edition reinforced binding.