Medical & Pharmacy Books

Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition
By David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox

Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Number Of Pages: 1100
Publication Date: 2004-04-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0716743396
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780716743392
Binding: Hardcover

Summary: This book is good for non-medical professions
Rating: 3

When I took this book for the first time I thought – wow they probably made the well-known Leninger book more illustrated, maybe added something new – let’s read it. But from the first chapters I realized – there is nothing left from the original book. There is too much water in this book. You can for example read like 30 pages and then stop and ask yourself – Ok what have I’ve learned. And the answer is “not too much”, because what was written in 30 pages in fact can be written in 5. I recommend the editors to change the name “Leninger – Principles of biochemistry” for something like – “Very general principles of biochemistry”. Though I can not tell that the entire book is bad – starting with metabolic pathways I found some new details and information I didn’t know about, but in general it was a waste of time and money to buy and read this book.

Summary: Its a Classic
Rating: 4

This book is a classic. It seems to contain just about everything. The format is simple and easy to understand and the website it very good. If you are using this for class, buying the Absolute Guide is a MUST.The Absolute, Ultimate Guide to Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 4e To review for tests and simplify hard concepts I also recommend the Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews 3rd Ed.Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry (Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews Series), which I just love. If you want to understand Biochem, Lehninger and Lippincott are the way to go!