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While some cells divide, live, and die all in the same tissue locale, others travel freely throughout the body, originating in one site and taking up residence at another. Many of these cells are targeted to specific locations. Embryonic cells travel in precise routes as the embryo develops. Inflammatory cells, such as neutrophils and monocytes, travel in the circulation to specific inflammatory sites, bypassing other normal tissues. Similarly, lymphocytes travel in the circulation and selectively emigrate through specific channels in lymph nodes or Peyers patches. Metastatic tumor cells also migrate in a selective manner from their primary site of origin to selected secondary organs.

Until recently, information concerning cellular targeting was generally descriptive, consisting primarily of patterns of migration without any molecular detail as to the mechanisms of the targeting process. In the past several years, advances in cell and molecular biology techniques along with the development of monoclonal antibodies have enabled researchers to identify many of the molecules that mediate cellular homing and of metastatic tumor cell targeting to secondary sites. Consequently these two fields comprise the bulk of the chapters in this volume. In general, however, the contributions made in one field have not been rapidly transferred to other fields in which cell targeting has been studied, Although more descriptive information exists concerning pattern development and cell migration in the embryo, the study of the molecular mechanisms of such patterns has not developed as rapidly as that concerning mechanisms of leukocyte homing, for example. One important reason for assembling the diverse contributions to this volume is to bridge that gap and allow researchers and students of these different fields to compare the progress that has been made in each area, and to compare the molecules that have been discovered. This can often be quite productive as it appears that many of the adhesion molecules involved in inflammatory cell homing may also play a role in the dissemination of tumor cells to specific distant organs. ... Read more

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Ever since James Watson and Francis Crick proposed their double-helical structure of DNA in 1953, biology has been in the throes of a revolution in knowledge at the molecular level. This Schaum's Outline was written to help bring order and understanding to this rapidly expanding field. As a succinct overview of the subject, it will supplement any molecular biology course or provide the foundation needed for advanced courses. The text material is presented in a question and answer format; each concept is explained as an answer to a specific question. At the end of each chapter are objective questions of several kinds; multiple choice, true-false, fill-ins, and matching. These objective questions can be used to evaluate the extent to which the text material has been mastered, while also preparing the student for this kind of examination format. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

an excellent introduction
I am a Macromolecular crystallographer and have never formally attended any courses on molecular biology or biochemistry. I find these Schaum series books to be very useful. They are very concise, and provide all the information one needs to achieve a good understanding of the basic concepts and terminology. Another advantage is that they are paperbacks and easier to read compared to the heavier and more detailed texts like Stryer or Lehninger.

Insufficient asa stand-alone textbook
This book is ok just for revision purposes, not for a thorough review of the text

SCHAUM'S OUTLINES MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY
I consider molecular and cell biology an excellent review book for people who want an introduction of the field.Also it can help readers who want to refresh their knowledge.It is well organized, in fourteen different chapters, with multilple review questions and answers in each of them.Ifound the coverage of each chapter comprehensive.Objective questions atthe end of each chapter helped to assess your level of understanding.Icertainly recommend this book to people who study biological relatedsciences. ... Read more

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For sophomore/junior-level courses in cell biology offered out of molecular and/or cell biology departments.
Cell and Molecular Biology gives students the tools they need to understand the science behind cell biology. Karp explores core concepts in considerable depth, and presents experimental detail when it helps to explain and reinforce the concept being explained. This fifth edition continues to offer an exceedingly clear presentation and excellent art program, both of which have received high praise in prior editions. ... Read more

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What A book
Great book, especially those looking for help on the GRE Subject Test and even the MCAT...From Fibronectins to SDS and reduction of electron carriers, this book is a must have! ... Read more

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Work more effectively and gauge your progress along the way! This Study Guide is designed to accompany Karp’s Cell & Molecular Biology: Concepts & Experiments, 4^th Edition. This helpful and effective workbook provides ample resources to aid student learning. Activities include chapter outlines, review questions, and key illustrations.

Now fully updated and revised, the new Fourth Edition of Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments not only offers you and your students all of the latest research, it also gives students the tools they need to understand the science behind cell biology and ultimately succeed in your course. Karp explores core concepts in considerable depth, and presents experimental detail when it helps to explain and reinforce the concept being explained. This edition also continues to offer an exceedingly clear presentation and excellent art program, both of which have received high praise in prior editions. ... Read more

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Comprehensive without being overwhelming
The book looks suspiciously skinny for a cell biology book but it really is so well written that the author made it comprehensive without being too wordy. Although lots of people swear by the Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th Edition (Bruce Alberts et al... and I own that one too), I found it too wordy and not as fun to read. This book however is lucidly written and has everything that a graduate student or senior undergrad would need to know in Cell Biology.

I used Cell and Molecular Biology (I just called it Gerald Karp after the author) extensively during my undergrad and am still using it in graduate school (I'm getting my Masters in Microbiology).

Cell and Molecular Biology by Gerald Karp is surpassed only in diagram clarity and simplicity by Cooper and Hausman's "The Cell: A Molecular Approach" which has the best diagrams of all cell biology textbooks but is slightly less comprehensive (I own that one too!). The book is neatly arranged and the continuity of topics within a chapter and from chapter to chapter is very good unlike Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th Edition.

Although sold separately for something like $38.00, the book has an associated study workbook sort of thing with it that is pretty good for testing your knowledge in the important and tricky concepts. For every chapter in the textbook there is a section of multiple choice questions, a section of experimental-data interpretation questions, a section of thought questions, and explain the role of each of the following" type questions. All questions except the thought questions come with answers. And there is a review of the key topics in the textbook for every chapter. I would greatly recommend buying the text and the study book together, especially if you're gearing to take exams like the Subject GRE.

An excellent introductory book
I've come to appreciate this book more and more over its succeeding editions. It has now replaced both the Alberts et al. and the Lodish et al. books (both nevertheless excellent) as my favorite textbook on cell and molecular biology.

It is concise, covers a very large range of subjects and has very clear graphics. I think it is better balanced than many of its competitors in the sense that the reader never gets the impression that the author sacrificed certain subjects to give more room to his favorite ones. On many occasions, I was surprised to find things in here that I couldn't find in the bigger (and more "fundamental") Alberts and Lodish.

It references papers and review articles that are very current, and is very up to date on its content.

I think Gerald Karp is doing a very good job with each new iteration of this book and I will recommend it to my students.

Excellent book!!
This is one of the most complete and easy-to-read book ever! I have studied with Gerald Karp books since I was an undergraduate student (Biochemistry, and Karp book was always by my side, very useful). This book explain the cellular metabolism, structures (cytoskeleton, microtubules, filaments,genes,relations between genes and proteins, DNA repair, cell cycle, cell signalling, lot of concepts that are not easy to understand at first, Karp does it very simple. You will love this book. I can strongly recommend it. Another excellent book I can recommend is Molecular Biology of the CELL by Bruce Alberts....is excellent! and before you take an exam, I will suggest the "Outline of Molecular and Cell Biology" by the Schaum's series. Well, that's it for now, I wish you the best in your career (I have been there, I know how hard it can be and choose the proper books!) and always remember, keep working and practicing, because practice make the Master!! :)
Your friend,
Laura Fazio
MSc Immunology - Biochemist

Great job
The book was in great condition.Seller let me know that the book was in the mail which was nice.

Concise story of cell biology
Another introductory book in the biology of the cell. I would say that the book is divided into mainly two sections, Cell structure and DANA, DANA replications etc. Second part takes almost two thirds of the book. I would prefer to read other Gene books when it comes to that point but for the cell structure, it is not bad. Some colored pictures, computer animations makes it easy to visualize things. Sections called "experimental pathways" scattered throughout the text takes you into current issues related to the subject. They are also quite sophisticated issues rather than practical problems. I think this book requires considerable guidance when read alone. I could not call this book as self sufficient or easy to read one compared to books by Alberts or Baltimore. ... Read more

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High-Yield Cell and Molecular Biology gives you more of what you need to prepare you for the USMLE Step 1! The information found in this text provides a strong understanding of introductory undergraduate cell and molecular biology which serves as a valuable review resource for the board exam. As part of the High-Yield Series, material is presented in a concise, uncluttered fashion. The sections cover information typically found in a second year molecular biology course such as chromosomal DNA, chromosome replication and DNA synthesis, molecular genetics, gene amplification, inherited diseases and molecular immunology. Well illustrated, this text provides students with a strong foundation to prepare them for more advanced work in cell and molecular biology. It also serves as a great source for course review. ... Read more

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Not bad is a quick kill
To get the quick and fast H.Y. facts for the boards this is the one! Its shorter and to the point in comparison to BRS. Note this is not a good book for class only for the Boards

Very High Yield!
High yield cell and molecular biology is exactly what it says, and from the outset doesn't pretend to be anything else. "Lean efficient text" says the blurb, "Study guides with the barest essentials". These words certainly comforted me after reading the somewhat ominous title! The text is compact, with clear and helpful diagrams illustrating and clarifying the most difficult concepts in the book. The style is in fact very much the same as I might choose to write own revision notes, with chapters divided into sub-titles, and those into bullet points. Key words are emboldened, so it is possible to absorb a page by only scanning the bold type; useful if you are caught short when preparing for an exam and need the facts quickly! There is a smattering of clinical examples throughout, and descriptions of procedures such as PCR, which both help anchor your thoughts of the sometimes abstract nature of the subject. Being a molecular biology book it is biased toward genetics, and as this is a confusing area for many students (including me), this will help if your genetics lectures tend to sail several meters over your head. On the downside, the economic nature of the text and the no-frills nature of the diagrams mean that it is not a particularly colourful or engaging read in it's own right. This is also positive, meaning that it is easier to extract information quickly than would be possible from a more bulky text. It is clearly meant to be dipped into, rather than read cover-to-cover. Realistically though, who would read a textbook cover-to-cover?People who will benefit from this book will be pre-clinical medical students, those intercalating a BSc in clinical science or genetics, doctors requiring an up-to-date review, or other students of biomedical science. This should not be your only textbook on cellular biology and genetics, but will serve as the perfect revision tool when exams sidle up too close for comfort. ... Read more

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Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fourth Edition: A Problems Approach is designed to help students appreciate the ways in which experiments and simple calculations can lead to an understanding of how cells work. Chapters are subdivided as in Molecular Biology of the Cell and provide a review of key terms, test for understanding basic concepts, and research-based problems. Chapters 1-8 and 10-18 from Molecular Biology of the Cell are covered in this way.
The new edition of A Problems Approach (formerly titled The Problems Book) is completely reorganized and revised to match the Fourth Edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell. Detailed answers are provided in the book for half the problems to help students learn how to analyze experimental observations and draw conclusions from them. Problems without the solution contained in the book are useful for homework assignments and as exam questions. Answers to these problems are provided to instructors upon request. ... Read more

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Better
This is the second copy of this book that I have (the first being the 5th ed.). It seems that the authors cannot settle on a cohesive system in which to arrange the material. Like the 5th ed., I think that the material does not follow a logical course of organization (but admittedly better than the last ed.). Nevertheless, the material presented is of good quality being that it is easy to understand and difficult to become lost in the material. Overall, it is a good book.

Really Fast
The book was delivered the second day after booked on the net, and in a fair price.

great merchant, item came as described
The seller sent my item quickly and it arrived exactly as it was described. Thank!

Operating compatability
A well priced product and from its description ideal for lecture purposes.
Unfortunately it does not work using Windows Media Player, Nero Showtime or Open Source media player on my computer using Windows XP.
Amazon returns system worked well with full refund but I would have liked a version that worked.

review on STUDY GUIDE
after being utterly discusted with this poor excuse of a study guide, i thought i would read some horrible reviews on the guide to make me feel better. to my dismay, people can't read and they only posted reviews for the text book, which is actually good but those reviews should be posted elsewhere.

You know there is something wrong with this guide when you see them call CH3-CH3 methane (pg 3 not to mention they got linoleic and linolenic mixed up) or on the multiple choice on page 19 has ribosomes as one of the right answers for proteins involved in transcription.

i have not done a lot of the questions in the book and all ready i see errors on every second page. i wonder if i will actually recieve lower grades if i study from this poorly written book.

I love study guides and have used them for stewert's calculus, campbell's biology and bruice's organic chemistry in college. were there some occasional mistakes... yes but overall they were good. this study manual however seems to have been written by a tribe of wild monkeys pounding on a keyboard. Save your 23 dollars ... Read more

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great new edition
this has everything the 4th edition had plus the latest discoveries within the past 5 years.

Great, but Last 5 Chapters are Electronic
GREAT book, but the only problem is that the last 5 chapters are in PDF format on an attached CD rather than in print (they did this to make the book more portable).If you want the full print version, buy the Reference edition.

what you want is the fourth edition
I'm sure this book was great in the 90s, but this is the 21st century, when you can buy the fourth edition.There has been a ton of advancement between 1994 and 2002.

This is a GREAT textbook
This book made studying and preparing for tests easy and enjoyable. Highly recommended, especially for those who are going to take the GRE Subject test. At later stages of your career, textbooks even the greatest ones will be largely irrelevant, as you will have to search for up-to-date articles and reviews.

A perfect introduction to the subject
I will say that I had no trouble in reading and understanding this book. All subjects are nicely elaborated and picturized with detailed schematics or with electron microscopy pictures. Scanning electron pictures are the best but very minimal.All basic concepts are covered structure of cell, protein synthesis, DANA , cell structures,nerve cells, atp, etc. You may want to skip better books when it comes to biochemistry or developmental biology but this book gives smooth introduction all subjects and than you make your direction. Compared to book written by Karp, I prefer this one for wider coverage but Karp has some sections called "experimental pathways" that open your vision to latest developments. ... Read more

Book Description
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD. Contains reprints of 42 seminal papers illustrating advances in our understanding of cells.Grouped according to genome organization and replication, transcription,nuclear envelope and import, mitosis and cell cycle control, cell membrane and extracellular matrix, protein synthesis and membrane traffic, andcytoskeleton. ... Read more

Amazon.com
"What is life?" asked physicist Edwin Schrödinger in an influential essay by that title published half a century ago. In this book, Franklin Harold ventures no definitive answers about what he calls "the supreme marvel of the universe." Instead, with wit and learning, he surveys the advances in scientific understanding about the nature of life since Schrödinger's time.

Harold focuses closely on microorganisms, which, he observes, do not often figure in popular books of biology, perhaps because most general readers associate them only with disease and not with their many beneficial contributions to the world's workings. In fact, he suggests, the answer to Schrödinger's question is likely to be found at the microscopic level. Current evolutionary models derived from the study of ribosomal RNA from hundreds of species of plants and animals now point to the development of life from some cenancestor in a setting billions of years old, one in which "microorganisms rather than dinosaurs fill the horizon." The identity of that ancestor is not yet known, he writes; it may have resembled a bacterium, or it may have been a loosely organized assemblage of protocells "engaged in the promiscuous exchange of genetic information."

No matter what it looked like, Harold notes in this instructive survey of modern biological theory, life probably originated in an apparently inhospitable environment, as studies of deep-ocean thermal vents and the lithosphere now point to, rather than in the oceanic "chemical stew" of old. It's a fascinating story, and Harold tells it ably. --Gregory McNameeBook Description
What is life? Fifty years after physicist Erwin Schrodinger posed this question in his celebrated and inspiring book, the answer remains elusive. In The Way of the Cell, one of the world's most respected microbiologists draws on his wide knowledge of contemporary science to provide fresh insight into this intriguing and all-important question. What is the relationship of living things to the inanimate realm of chemistry and physics? How do lifeless but special chemicals come together to form those intricate dynamic ensembles that we recognize as life? To shed light on these questions, Franklin Harold focuses here on microorganisms--in particular, the supremely well-researched bacterium E. coli--because the cell is the simplest level of organization that manifests all the features of the phenomenon of life. Harold shows that as simple as they appear when compared to ourselves, every cell displays a dynamic pattern in space and time, orders of magnitude richer than its elements. It integrates the writhings and couplings of billions of molecules into a coherent whole, draws matter and energy into itself, constructs and reproduces its own order, and persists in this manner for numberless generations while continuously adapting to a changing world.A cell constitutes a unitary whole, a unit of life, and in this volume one of the leading authorities on the cell gives us a vivid picture of what goes on within this minute precinct. The result is a richly detailed, meticulously crafted account of what modern science can tell us about life as well as one scientist's personal attempt to wring understanding from the tide of knowledge. ... Read more

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Reality Thinking
Books like this are important! In this book, the author describes numerous examples of known ways that living processes operate and are controlled. In doing so, he refutes the common idea that God controls everything all the timelike some grand micromanager and shows hownatural processes in living systems are operating based on their own inherent properties - without the need for intervention by God all the time.
With such a realistic basis, we can then deal with the chaos and cruelty found all around us without having to twist theology around to deal with God not being the source of the suffering and cruelty in this world, past, present, and future.
The author obviously knows how living processes work and deals very well with making his text readable for many people.

Review by former scientist - Excellent book, very well done!
I was educated as a scientist with a focus in biochemistry.Later, I moved on to business and then psychology.I have a good background in comparative religion and philosophy as well, so this book was particularly interesting to me.

The first thing that I liked was Franklin Harolds ability to explain often difficult concepts in an understandable and interesting way.This is often an obstacle to lay readers and he makes this trek as painless as possible.Without understanding some fundamental concepts of biochemisty and living systems theory, it is difficult to look deeply at the main topic which is "what is life."

This book is an imaginative, but scientifically rigorous look at the nature of life.It is not, however, a simple reduction of life to physical and chemical processes.While it draws on these areas, it also invites the imagination to reach further and ponder deeper questions.Whether these will eventually be understood by science remains to be seen, but for not even at the frontiers of scientific knowledge there is much that is still a deep mystery.

This book focuses heavily on the life processes of bacteria as a means of understanding life.This is a simpler system than a eukaryotic (non-bacterial cell with a true nucleus) to consider and I think this is helpful because technically a bacteria is the smallest unit of life.(Viruses are not living things, but rather supermolecular complexes.)

The reader who invests the time to read this fine book will be rewarded by an expansion of his or her mind.It will ignite the imagination of even the most well-read people and yet is accessible to any intelligent laymen who has the patience to slow down and digest some of the foundational concepts.

I highly recommend this book.It is extremely thought provoking.

Numbing repetition
To understand even a "simple" bacteria, it is not enough to understand how biochemical pathways occur in a test tube, what proteins are coded for by each gene, and how these proteins can self assemble in vitro.Inheritance is comprised of not just DNA, but biochemical gradients, and cell structure.I learned some interesting and important thingsin the half of this book that I read.But at too much cost.Sure I had to look up a number of words, but withmy "Dictionary of Modern Biology" by Norma Rudin, that was fun. What was not fun was the numbing repetition of the same thoughts, at length.Also, if you do not have a decent background in cellular biology, do not even think of reading this book: start with a book that Harold actually recommends, "Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell" by BoyceRensberger.

Grandeur in the cell's view of life
Recently, an unhappy swarm of scientists or science writers has emerged.Their aim is stamping down the idea that genes are the root of life's processes.They rail against "reductionist science", while extolling life's "marvels" and "mysterious" attainments.It's a curious phenomenon, sometimes comprehensible in its aims, but always flawed in its foundation.The theme counters "the narrowly focussed and reductionist science", although those holding such views remain nameless.Franklin Harold is a member of this swarm, and this book is one attempt to lift the "meaning of life" to some perceived "higher plane".The result is a highly informative description of cellular structures and processes.

Harold's method is at least shorn of the polemics used by some of his colleagues.He wants us to understand that Schrodinger's great question, "What Is Life?" has an evident response."Note the birds and the butterflies", if you truly want to know about life, Harold urges.To him, life is something to be celebrated, to have "meaning".His view, then, is limited to the individual organism, even if it's a micro-organism.Cells, he advises, offer a view of life providing a grandeur of its own.Micro-organisms, he stresses repeatedly, have been overlooked or poorly considered in recent years.With this book he seeks to restore them to their proper place in science's realm.In doing so, he attempts to detach Darwinian natural selection from the processes that form cellular structures.He comes dangerously close to proposing the steps in building a cell cannot be derived.They are too complex and generated by processes not linked to the replication process of DNA itself.

Harold's model cell is the famous [or infamous, depending on your digestive health] Eschericaria coli, resident of your gastro-intestinal tract.He even offers a detailed "recipe" of what comprises this bacterium with an illustration of its innards.In explaining some of the complex activities present in this bacterium, he offers a new concept to biology - the field.Admitting up front that such an ephemeral process will seem alien to biologists and physicists alike, he offers it as an explanation for the paths he fails to find leading back to the genome.While he struggles to give status to his idea, the reader can only wonder at Harold's evident desperation in offering it.That we don't yet know all the steps that a cell's DNA initiates to accomplish building an organism is hardly justification for such a flimsy thesis.Again, he is but one step from the supernatural, although avidly denying the charge.

In conclusion, Harold lopes back in time to examine some of the theses addressing life's origins.He rightly offers this as science's primary issue.Accepting that life "arose from inanimate matter", he synopsizes the evidence and considers the theories.Stanley Miller's "soup" is described, and Christian de Duve's "proto-metabolic web" is examined.He gives Cairns Smith's clay template for building replicating molecules a brief phrase, then considers Gunter Wachtershauser's foundation of iron pyrites at some length.He doesn't admire any of them, because they bring him too close to what he wishes to avoid - if we understand the simple beginnings, then we can assess how complexity arose.Since Harold can't accept any of them, we are left with our own preference, or none.

In building his case against a "biochemical view of life", Harold provides a wealth of exquisite detail about cells.Enhancing this catalog of cell parts and mechanisms are some fine diagrams, some derived from microphotographs.Each of the complex images provides valuable information even the specialist will find useful.Harold's "References" is an impressive list at first glance, but a close look reveals some unwarrented gaps.The book is worth a close reading [or more!], but must not be allowed to stand alone.Because it can't. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

Eloquent tribute to the mystique of Biology.
The way of the cell is the way of life, for the cell is the structural unit of all living organisms on Earth.And Franklin Harold comes close to defining life in a manner that is all-encompassing, concise, and eloquent.Any person who has taken a Biology class should not have a problem with the book, although many times the author uses terminology that does not get defined at the same time, in which case, the reader has to have a good background in Cell Biology or has to browse the glossary.

Harold's eloquence is remarkable.Consider the following quotes:

1."Over time functional systems would have "crystallized" into successful configurations, and therefore become less receptive to the import of novelty..."
2."The genetic free-trade zone fragmented into protected enclaves, not abruptly but gradually on a time-scale of millions of years..."
3."...leaving a huge lacuna in any account of cell evolution, but fostering a crop of stimulating conjectures."
4."Molecular phylogenists, who draw their opinions from the bedrock of gene sequences, view the matter somewhat differently but still in a glass, darkly."
5."The better part of valor may be to sit tight and await the tide of new data, but only dullards are proof against the temptations of myth-making."
6."There is a fine air of whimsy, about those imaginative tales ...They also stop insouciantly around patches of quicksand, such as what brought about early cellular fusions that are not permitted to contemporary prokaryotes..."
7."The profusion that came after is built like a fugue upon the deep theme of eukaryotic order."
8."On the outer banks of science, one often suspects that the believer is happy while the doubter is wise; and yet, too critical a spirit is apt to overlook the genuine contribution that complexity studies have already made."
9."The rocky path from RNA replicators to DNA genes and from catalytic RNA to protein enzymes calls for stout boots and a good head for heights."

This makes for engrossing reading, as the mystique of Biology can be overlooked when the text is dry and scholarly.There is delight, however, in reading Harold, similar to what the reader can get from Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, and Stuart Kauffman, to name a few.I can imagine Harold entertaining his audience in a seminar with his penchant for combining words elegantly.

Today I was in a seminar where a famous molecular biologist (also a cancer biologist) admitted to a sabotage against the reductionist agenda as more scientists begin to realize that life processes cannot be just explained by the panoply of bioorganic molecules, proteins especially, and the genes that encode them.Harold fiercely stresses that DNA, for all the glorification that it deserves, is not all there is.New properties emerge as biological molecules find themselves in different cellular compartments and environments, at different stages in the development of the organism, and as the organisms themselves explore all possibilities of trading and swapping genes, and even fusing their entire bodies in one.Read this book, and be enveloped by the biological mystique! ... Read more

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Univ. of California, San Francisco. Textbook presenting the essentials of cell biology for firstwith or second-year undergraduates little background in biology. Color illustrations. ... Read more

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Bio 218 book
came as expected..nice, new.
good book for details of biology. figures and pictures sup up the chapters and major sections

essential cell bio text
bought essential cell bio for school. excellent. just like in ad. thank you very much!

Mwentzler
Is an read easy and understandable read. Explains all topics very thoroughly yet in a clear concise manner especially for a biology text book.

Very good book
It's kind of hard to judge a textbook, especially when you're a student. But i can honestly say that this book is very straight forward. The diagrams are great, and especially if you read the diagrams as you're reading the book, they add a lot of depth and diversity to the reading. The text itself is not mundane...you won't fall asleep reading it. The CD it comes with is nice....but i tend not to use it that much...all it is, is just video clips. Overall i'd say this is one of the best, if not THE best, biology book i've used.

HOWEVER! Remember that this IS a bio book and it DOES get a little tedious at points

Cell Biology made clear
Great book. Although not a basic book, this text make many aspects of cell biology very clear. I would highly recommend it. ... Read more

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too many typos, bad editing
Book has good information, but there are too many typos, and definitions can be vague at times.Typos make it hard to read in some parts.Text often refers to figures or diagrams that have no relevance to the context, which makes it confusing and frustrating.Probably not the authors fault, but the editing is horrible. ... Read more