Author: Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter
By Garland Science

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A consistently good book, 2010-07-11
This is a very good book from start to finish and provides throrough explanations. The figures are detailed and explained (though in some detail). I would recommend this book for any undergraduate. It is well indexed and supported not only by a web site and student workbook but also by a CD with video and PPT slides.

Author: Michael G. Sargent
By Cambridge University Press

legendary, 2007-10-04
absolutely well written! One of the best bio-medicine books i've ever read! It's all put into context and reads almost like an immersing narrative. Just amazing!

Thank you Dr. Sargent!

Author: Dr Peter Wood
By Prentice Hall

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Immunology You Can Understand, 2009-12-18
Immunology is a very complicated subject. I expect and hope that it will become easier to understand when more has been discovered about its details, so that simplifying principles can be learned. Meanwhile there are an awful lot of facts to fit together. This book, while containing enough detail to be useful, goes quite a way towards setting out a coherent explanation. The second edition, published in 2006, is well up-to-date, and has just over 300 pages and a good index. Recommended for those new or fairly new to the subject.

Author: Michael O'Shea
By OUP Oxford

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Understanding the Organ Which Allows You to Understand, 2010-01-02
Professor O'Shea writes with great enthusiasm and zeal, introducing the reader to the topic in the first two chapters to some interesting ideas that come with thinking about the brain (Chpt 1), and how it has been (mis)understood historically (2). A more in-depth discussion follows, in which signalling (3), evolution of the brain (4), sensing, perceiving, and acting (5), and memories (6) are all explained. The final chapter (7) before the epilogue deals with possibilities of brain-machine hybrids and other brain-machine interfacing that may in the future be possible to cure the 'broken' brain.

That neuroscience has still got a long way to go in fully explaining brain function suggests something about the complexity of the brain. This book can at times, therefore, be a little 'heavy', and I would strongly recommend you have basic scientific knowledge AND interest before reading the book.

That said, O'Shea's articulate way of writing, his enthusiasism, wit and careful explanation make the book a sound introduction to the brain, with predictable scientific terminology-e.g. ionotropic, metabotropic-fully explained.

I certainly finished reading the book with an enhanced knowledge of the brain, despite knowing the basics beforehand, and I can guarantee that if you are interested in the subject, then you will enjoy this book.

Author: Lauren Pecorino
By OUP Oxford

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Great little book, 2010-03-19
This book gives a great overview of cancer biology and therapeutics. It is easy to read and includes useful website addresses and other references to find more information on given topics. A good starting point for undergrad and graduate students working in cancer research.

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Maintain that resting potential, now!, 2006-12-01
The question was: what (or whatever) maintains the resting membrane potential nowadays! I always thought that it was the sodium pump (or Na K ATPase etc.). Recently, I heard: No, it is not the sodium pump that maintains the resting potential. So I checked both the Oxford and the Penguin Dictionaries of Biology. Oxford says that the resting potential is maintained by the sodium pump; however, the Penguin says it is the leaky potassium channels, and sodium pump plays a slight role. Well, it is one of those academic debates, it would seem--which really mean nothing--because nothing is at stake! The debate is from confusing maintenance, recovery, and repair--perhaps. Is it the resting potential (a thing being maintained) or is it the repolarization after a depolarization (a thing in recovery) that we are talking about? Is maintenance still maintenance if you spend energy in extruding the smaller atoms out--well: a running car can be maintained only by spending money? Perhaps, after all, it is only the usual confusion of the frogs in a well: they can only see the stars in their own horizons. The whole biological process has several components, and to know which is the one--well, just take one out and see if the process holds and functions. Which brick is the most important in a wall? Clearly, the truth is never simple, and possibly there is no such thing as the truth. Things evolve using all of the components--and are what they are. So, I guess it is always the context and it is always relative: point of view etc. There is no simple correct answer because the question is incorrectly formulated--without the necessary context. What is more important in the running of a car: the engine or the gas? So get both the Oxford and Penguin--they complement, and both are useful when viewed and understood in the right context: neither can replace the textbook; and no textbook replaces all the source materials--but you need to start somewhere. For a rich fantasy life read Ayul Zamir's Intern Beth. Now, whatever maintains that resting membrane potential!

Author: D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
By Cambridge University Press

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Arts in Science, 2010-02-22
Classic Nouveau.
A fantastic point of view from science that complements the work of Patrick Geddes.

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Author: Nicholas F. Britton
By Springer

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Recommendatiion!, 2009-07-03
I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand the basic theory and analysis of Mathematical Biology. Thank you
Brains!
3/7/09

Author: Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter
By Garland Science

the reference standard, 2007-12-01
Classic textbook that will be of interest not just to undergraduates and researchers, but also to anyone curious about molecular biology or how a cell works. It simultaneously provides detailed information as well as a comprehensive overview of the field. The latter point is not easily accomplished because there is a huge number of new papers published in molecular and cellular biology each year. These guys manage to keep the bird's eye view in mind while covering such topics as cellular evolution, molecular genetics, internal organization of the cell, cell-cell interactions, the immune system, and cancer. Every student in the biological sciences should read this book from cover to cover. Author of Adjust Your Brain: A Practical Theory for Maximizing Mental Health.

Author: James E. Darnell, Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Lawrence Zipursky, Paul Matsudaira, David Baltimore
By W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd

Review of purchase, 2009-12-07
I am happy with what the description was like, and the real state of the book.