Reviews

Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts

yaoh's review against another edition

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getlostmatilda's review against another edition

2.0

2-2.5 stars

This is a really really detailed book on all sorts of cellular processes. It was a little bit too in-depth for me and I ended up having to skim over large paragraphs to find the information I needed. This would be a great resource for students in their first year of university, before they specialise a bit more. It is great to fall back on, but can take a long time to find answers if you're not sure what chapter it falls under. Definitely not something I would recommend reading cover-to-cover.

lizaktzxy's review against another edition

5.0

My favourite reference textbook for an in-depth but easy to understand study of the cell and everything it encompasses. A definite recommendation for every student of cellular and molecular biology.

nareyes's review against another edition

4.0

Es un buen libro para adentrarse en la biologia celular, pero muy tedioso por la cantidad de paginas

agusthereader's review against another edition

3.0

Biology is the love of my life, so I loved the content even though I had to study for an exam from this book, which makes the reading experience a little more tedious. That takes me to my next point, as a student I found that I didn't really like the organization and the general structure of the chapters. That issue led to repetitive paragraphs and confusing sections which is not the best thing to happen when you're studying for a test because the key to properly understanding biology is the link there is between one function and the other and how all that is explained by things we can see at molecular level and I don't think this book gave much importance to those links.
Apart from that, the explenations were clear and I'm pretty sure I would have enjoyed it a lot more in other circumstances.