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Biochemistry Book	Customer Rating:
Very fast deleivery. I recieved this book before another one that I had ordered earlier. Book was as described but still in good condition. Although it did say it came with biochemistry now and the code did not work. Was probabally already used. Great deal still.

Biochem	Customer Rating:
This book was good but I was under the impression that the book was the normal book not international. It was paperback with no color on the pages.

Excellent Choice

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This textbook has an excellent mix of detailed information and readability. Explanations are clear and illustrations are numerous and greatly add to the learning experience. The flow of material is well suited to learning. There is a logical flow that aids the student in building a solid understanding of the subject. I am so thankful that my Biochem professor chose this text as the requirement for our class (Biochemistry for PharmD program).

Typo City	Customer Rating:
Chap 2 Question 34 answer from the back of the book states: "We now have .003 mol of H+ in approximately 0.1 L of solution. This is approximately 0.3 M H+." Now, I might be wrong, but isn't it really 0.03 M H+? M = moles/L and since 0.1 L is one-tenth of a liter, one should be able to multiply both .003 and 0.1 by 10 to get the correct molarity. I've found other boo-boos in this book too.

Oh dear...

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My fellow medical students, Having been recommended this tomb by my fellow peers, I - like many others - opened Biochemistry: Molecules, Cells and the Body with great anticipation and excitement. I was sure that dispensing of my superflous second kidney to fund this £40 purchase would be a most invaluable and worthy investment. However, I must say with utmost solemnity that it was not to be the case... From the outset, one is immediately struck by the poor layout and organisation of this publication. Chapters (and i use the word loosely) seem to have been group based on some form of Random Allocation, with very little consistency of thought from one topic to the next - resulting in a stunning dyslexic collocation of information. This is only matched by the utter confusion of the'Index'; searching for a valuable piece using this tool at times takes on the style of a Treasure Hunt, with much linkage and referral to related pieces of text situated many hundreds of pages from each other. The language is most inconsise and verbose - 50 words are used for what could be said in 10 - and one feels like one is being taken on a biochemical journey from A to B via Z. However I did find that this book had some redeeming features; for example, i obtained much shelter from the elements using this book (very important in rainy Glasgow!). And its most excellent paper quality ensured that my fireplace was kept going nice and sprightly throughout the night. I feel obliged to point out to propective buyers that although not an actual medical doctor, Jocelyn Dow is currently head of 2nd year medicine at Glasgow University - an incredible feat - and as such one should expect that this work would tie in closely with the sylabbus as taught at that institution. (While it may not be highly thought of by (un-named) fellow faculty members, the book is in fact is very freqeuntly referred to at lectures and has replaced Baynes' and Dominiczak's book as being the 2nd year text of choice). I would advise fellow peers to hold out for a second edition of this work - which will inevitably be an improvement, and i cannot understand why the publishers did not push for one- but until then, i still believe that texts such as Stryer and Baynes are more worthy of your purchase. Thank You Disgruntled D; Glasgow