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Latest 6 Reviews Here is what people are saying about the Molecular Biology of the Cell (5th Edition)
"better then school bookstore price"
2009-10-16
- Reviewed By User: A1CBA7N6PJST0P
The book is really detailed, i haven't read too much of it yet. But if you need it for class, its way cheaper to buy it here new then it is from school, at least for me at UC Irvine.
"Really good packaging"
2009-10-11
- Reviewed By User: A29ITJGCFJIDM8
The book arrived on time and the packaging was very good. Usually, the book's corners tend to be slightly folded/ damaged, but the seller packaged it in such a way as to not damage the corners. Very happy with the purchase and the book ofcourse is exceptional.
"Bio cell book"
2009-09-28
- Reviewed By User: A2NII6BBQDAH7F
Great book. Lots of illustrations, clear concepts. Expensive, like any other book at this level.
[Reviewing 5th Edition, Chapters 1-7] I'm a Ph.D. computer scientist working on an NIH grant in text mining biomedical literature, so I thought I should bone up on the underlying science. The first seven chapters of this book are just what I needed. The first overview chapter is an excellent standalone introduction to the cell and genomics/proteomics and their ilk. After a two-chapter very comprehensible introduction to biochemistry (strong emphasis on thermodynamics/energy and bonding/structure) and protein structures, the next chapters lay out the entire process from DNA to protein, including expression control.
It's slow reading (it takes me an hour or more to read 10 pages), but very clearly written, and very thorough. The diagrams and accompanying text are amazingly clear and helpful. (There are also animations, but I've never looked at the DVD.) The diagrams and their long captions are often supplementary in that they add details that are not in the body of the text.
I had read the same sections of the 4th Edition a few years ago. The 5th edition adds substantial new material starting with the chapter on proteins. Ironically, the 5th edition is more speculative, because the more we find out about gene expression, the further away full understanding seems to be. The book does a nice job of balancing what's known fairly certainly with speculative guesses about things like chromatin structure.
This time, I think I'll keep going. The sections of the rest of the book I've browsed when they've been cross-referenced are also excellent.
"Very useful book."
2009-09-13
- Reviewed By User: A1YHPDHOINPLM9
This is a very useful book for undergraduate and graduate students, as well for professors. The language is very easy and didactic, and the chapters cover a broad range of subjects related to the cell, from organelles to body systems. The chapters are connected so they reader can find new information about the subject being read easily.
I recommend this book for the people who is interested in understanding all the features related with a cell.
"Very Poor Image Quality in Kindle Edition"
2009-07-18
- Reviewed By User: AI2UKD3PELX5R
This is a great textbook. It's availability on the Kindle was the main reason I bought the Kindle DX.
Unfortunately the image quality of the Kindle edition is extremely poor. Given how heavily the book relies on illustrations and tables, this renders the Kindle version almost useless.
It's basically impossible to read text in most of the images. Even if you zoom in, all you see is a grainy enlargement of the original image, not more detail.
Somebody didn't know what they were doing when they produced the digital edition.
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"better then school bookstore price"
"Bio cell book"
"Very Poor Image Quality in Kindle Edition"