Essential Cell Biology

I usually don't write reviews too soon but I was pleasantly surprised by the book. At this price you are getting a US printed book with glossy colourful pages.CD is of no use if you are on 32 bit Windows as the executable files are for 32 bit only. Nevertheless you can view the videos by opening them separately but those have poor resolutions and audio quality, which is understandable given that those were from 1998.It is the first edition of the book and so lacks some modern developments in the field of Cell Biology but the existing contents are still relevant and important. Won't comment on the quality of the content firstly because I am yet to read it and secondly because it is already a highly acclaimed book.

One star less for broken CD....Book is in good condition...but the CD inside is damaged & cracked...it's bad .. otherwise book is awesome at reasonable price

I am not from the field, but from reading first few chapters I think is exceptional, not just what and why of cell, will clear concepts of chemistry and physics that books on those subjects are unable to. This is really 'the story of your life'.

Nice book

Excellent.

Great book for cell biology lovers!

I bought this book because I found a cheap one in the marketplace. I wouldn't have bought this brand new because I only needed it for a sub-module on my degree and it wouldn't be worth it.The books contents are fantastic. Everything that I needed was in here (more to do with the course design though I'd imagine) but if I had this book at A-Level I think I would have been just as impressed. The information was both in-depth, well explained and well organised with all diagrams in easy to find locations.I honestly wouldn't have found that course as nice to do if it wasn't for this book. This is the first edition but it is pretty much the same as the newest edition.Can't say much about the CD in the back though from what I could see it was a gallery of images and 3D molecules but this being Biology it wasn't really much use for the actual science but if you are interested in that sort of thing then it would be a nice rest activity between revision times or something?I recommend this book, I was surprised and pleasantly so. Enjoy.

I found this text brilliant for a module in my second year of a Biology degree; the information is concise and to the point, the multimedia disk is brilliant and the questions helped to prepare me for my exams and had me thinking more outside the box. There are many wonderful diagrams, but the CD reminds a student that cells are 3D, dynamic entities and not flat and lifeless on a page.A wonderful resource!

Loved it, a sufficient short version of The Cell from the same authors. Umeå University stresses the med. students that they cant buy this version, thats b*** s***. Studying medical cell biology means a lot of reading. This book is the important core knowledge of the Cell, thus you dont have to guess what to skip reading for your finals. My first med. Uni, Charles uni of Prague, faculty of meds in Hradec Kralove said the opposite, this one (or later editions) will do perfectly well.

As a required textbook for my course, I can't fault this book packed full of information and a steal for the price I paid for it. This edition is still useful, despite there being to new editions.

great product, very happy.