Derived from the classic text originated by Lubert Stryer and continued by John Tymoczko and Jeremy Berg, Biochemistry: A Short Course offers that bestseller's signature writing style and physiological emphasis, while focusing on the major topics taught in a one-semester biochemistry course.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Biochem book I have used
Nov 16 2009
By Michael Mckinney
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was a required text for my Biochem and related courses in Pharmacy school. This is an excellent text... sufficiently easy to read and concise. Chapters are short (most are 10-12 pages) so subject material is broken down well. Certainly recommend this book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very short course
Feb 9 2011
By kgruch
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Format:Paperback
This book was required for a class. It is easy to read and understand, however it truly is a short course. It is about half the size of other biochemistry books I have seen, so if you are looking for an in-depth text, this is not for you. Also, this book skips out on a lot of background information and the end of chapter problems are much more in-depth than the text, requiring outside sources to answer.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Does not help solve biochemistry problems
May 31 2011
By Jay
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Each chapter has about 10-15 questions only. The explanations in the back are worthless and you end up wasting so much time flipping through the chapter only to find out that the question being asked can't be solved within the scope of the book, let alone the chapter.
Some questions ask you about data which require a table of pHs. The book introduces to you scrap info and you then end up having to look online for pHs and pKas of several amino acids. The appendix in the back is absolute crap. The author should have focused less on adding pointless words and instead make graphs and organize everything. This book seems rushed and chaotic. The only thing I like about it is that the information is presented in a simple manner so you end up learning the concepts, but when it comes to the problems, you're literally screwed because of the lack of information given.
I can't stress enough how annoying the questions and solutions are in this book. I wish it came with a separate solutions manual. The chapters don't even have a solution box like most other textbooks where they go step by step in solving a problem.
Overall the book is understandable but it is not helpful in solving biochemistry questions... which is what biochemistry exams ask... so all in all I would say this was a waste of money.
Some questions ask you about data which require a table of pHs. The book introduces to you scrap info and you then end up having to look online for pHs and pKas of several amino acids. The appendix in the back is absolute crap. The author should have focused less on adding pointless words and instead make graphs and organize everything. This book seems rushed and chaotic. The only thing I like about it is that the information is presented in a simple manner so you end up learning the concepts, but when it comes to the problems, you're literally screwed because of the lack of information given.
I can't stress enough how annoying the questions and solutions are in this book. I wish it came with a separate solutions manual. The chapters don't even have a solution box like most other textbooks where they go step by step in solving a problem.
Overall the book is understandable but it is not helpful in solving biochemistry questions... which is what biochemistry exams ask... so all in all I would say this was a waste of money.
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