Scott Freeman received his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Washington and was subsequently awarded an Albert
Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution at Princeton University. His research publications explore
a range of topics, including the behavioral ecology of nest parasitism and the molecular systematics of the blackbird
family. Scott teaches the majors' general biology course as a Lecturer at the University of Washington. He assisted
in the groundbreaking and influential redesign of the course, which emphasizes an inquiry-based appraoch and the
logic of experimental design. With Jon Herron, Scott is co-author of the standard-setting Evolutionary Analysis,
which over 50,000 students have used to explore evolution with the same spirit of inquiry. He is currently conducting
research on how active learning and peer teaching techniques affect student learning.
Kim Quillin
Illustrator, Kim Quillin, combines expertise in biology and information design to create lucid and scientifically
accurate visual
representations of biological principles. She received her B.A. in Biology at Oberlin College and her Ph.D. in
Integrative Biology
(as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow) from the University of California, Berkeley, and has taught
undergraduate biology at both schools.
Summary
Beginning with the origin and early evolution of life, Biological Science is an undergraduate-level set of textbooks that addresses all aspects of biology and the life sciences.
