|  | Authors: Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter
Publisher: Garland Science
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Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 15344
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Pages: 1392
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.8 x 2
ISBN: 0815341059
Dewey Decimal Number: 571.6
EAN: 9780815341055
ASIN: 0815341059
Publication Date: November 31, 2007
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 Comprehensible by Non-Specialist September 16, 2009
Bob Carpenter (New York, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
[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. September 13, 2009
Marco A. F. Randi (Curitiba, Brazil)
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 July 18, 2009
Julia (California)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
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.
supper fast shipping and excellent condition July 10, 2009
Jo Suda
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got the book just after 2 days after oder. The book was exactly like they described. I am very satisfied with this dealer.
Bible of Cell Biology May 8, 2009
Saumya Vaikhari (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the best book of cell biology. Although, I like Cooper's cell biology (but its good for beginners) as well as Lodish. But this book is the best of all (except the extra cellular matrix...which is explained better in Cooper).
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