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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For 1864–1867 book, see <a href="Herbert_Spencer" title="Herbert Spencer">Herbert Spencer</a>.</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1295905060">

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</style><table class="infobox ib-book vcard"><caption class="infobox-title">Principles of Biology </caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data">Biology</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Textbook</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Nature_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Nature Publishing">Nature Publishing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2011</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<i><b>Principles of Biology</b></i> is a college level <a href="Biology" title="Biology">biology</a> <a href="Ebook" title="Ebook">electronic textbook</a> published by <a href="Nature_Publishing_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Nature Publishing Group">Nature Publishing</a> in 2011. The book is not a digitally reformatted version of a paper book.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book, the first in a projected series, is Nature Publishing's first foray into textbook publishing.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2></div>

<p><i>Principles</i> is composed of 200 <a href="Modularity#Modularity_in_American_studies" title="Modularity">modules</a>, which can be customized by the instructor. The modules combine text, images, simulations, interactive exercises, self-tests, and formal tests. The book draws on the science journal <i><a href="Nature_(journal)" title="Nature (journal)">Nature</a>'</i>s archive of research papers. It was created by a group of more than 100 scientists, instructors, <a href="Scientific_illustration" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientific illustration">scientific illustrators</a>, <a href="Interface_design" class="mw-redirect" title="Interface design">interaction designers</a>, and faculty reviewers. It is available in formats for computers, tablets, and smartphones. No traditional paper edition is available. The book is purchased on a one-time payment subscription basis, with the purchase covering all future updates or supplements.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div>

<p>The book has been adopted for use at <a href="California_State_University" title="California State University">California State University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One favorable reviewer described the text as "post-Gutenberg", referring to the <a href="Printing_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Printing Revolution">Printing Revolution</a> that occurred upon the development of the <a href="Movable_type" title="Movable type">movable type</a> <a href="Printing_press" title="Printing press">printing press</a> by <a href="Johannes_Gutenberg" title="Johannes Gutenberg">Johannes Gutenberg</a> ca 1439.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book, and its umbrella textbook publishing division, has been described as potentially breaking down the traditional textbook publishing business model.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The work has been compared with other publishers' electronic textbook experiments, including <a href="Wolfram_Research" title="Wolfram Research">Wolfram Research</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nature.com/nature_education/interactive_textbooks">"Announcing Principles of Biology, an Interactive Textbook by Nature Education"</a>. Nature.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-03-23</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nature.com/nature_education/interactive_textbooks"><i>Principles of Biology</i> at the Nature Publishing Group website</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170513084946/http://www.nature.com/nature_education/interactive_textbooks">Archived</a> 2017-05-13 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nature.com/principles/principles-of-biology-104015/details/faculty"><i>Principles of Biology</i> at the Principles of Science (beta) textbook series website</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111120044333/http://www.nature.com/principles/principles-of-biology-104015/details/faculty">Archived</a> 2011-11-20 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul>

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