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Book is in fairly good shape and the previous owner delivered it in a timely fashion.
Its well organized and well written. If you do sell it back, however, you will probably get a good price for it.
I think mine was about $82 for a new copy, compared to around $200 for a new one at the book store. Since you gotta have the book, you may as well buy it here and save some bread.
I know that if you're buying this book, its probably not a choice. This book will serve you well as a reference in the future, so don't sell it back.
I don't know where you go to school, but this is also probably the text for two semesters of biochem, not just one, so if you like the subject matter as much as I do, you'll get 2 semesters' worth out of it. As textbooks go, however, this one is a good one.
I also know that if you're buying a biochemistry book, you are probably also seeking training beyond a bachelor's degree.
It made for a great supplement for my professor's lecture because I didn't necessarily have to read every [boring] line. Pros:This book has some wonderful illustrative examples. [For the most part, I would consider this textbook to fit the stereotype of "another boring textbook"] Cons:The text was not very engaging-it was difficult to read any "large" chunks consecutively without losing interest. The language used in the text was considerately user-friendly. There were not many "big" non-science words which helped to maintain clarity.
One thing I really enjoyed is how it relates the material to the real world (i.e. I have read other biochemistry textbooks and this is still my favorite. medicine, disease, etc) as well as providing brief biographies on some major contributors to the field and how they came to their discoveries.Great book, after you read this if you are looking for even more info on biochem I recommend you check out Voet&Voet or Berg/Stryer/Tymoczko. This was the first biochemistry book that I ever read and I was very pleased with the way it presents the material as well as the order of topics covered. It covers all the essential topics needed for a one year introductory course in biochemistry and it explains the topics in a very clear and precise manner.
I have the privilege of having both of these authors as the teachers for my biochemistry class and also have had Dave Nelson as a teacher in another class; they both have an amazing understand of science and it is well portrayed in this book. A great resource for any aspiring science student/researcher are the Data Analysis problems at the end of each chapter, taking a student through an actual experiment relevant to the chapter and teaching you about making the correct conclusions, the set up of the experiment, etc. This book is a great book to introduce students to biochemistry. It covers the ideas and topics fairly in depth and even delves a little bit into the history behind the concepts.
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