Becker's World of the Cell

This is a great book but I felt like it was written in more complicated explanations than it should be. For example, my human physiology book explained glycolysis so much more simpler than this textbook. It’s alright but I wouldn’t use it again.

eBook is missing over a dozen pages.

The book pages are in really nice shape. A little bit of fraying at the outer corners, but that's to be expected. I wasn't a fan of all the highlighting from a previous renter in the first couple chapters, but for a fifth of university bookstore prices, I really can't complain.

Needed for a class, and covered what waa needed.

I am renting this book for class. Basically seems brand new. Can't beat the price either.

Very poor layout of text.

Good images, a bit sloggish at times but is written well enough to keep my attention even to the end of the semester. A bit jumpy in it's topics but overall a solid book.

Best in its class.

This is a very good book that covers most things in cell biology. It does so in a very progressive fashion; starts off by introducing the big picture, and then goes deeper and deeper into more details. Despite this, it is quite often easy to jump from chapter to chapter, if you already have a general understanding about cell biology.The authors also do a very good job at presenting how certain info has originated, which gives you an understanding about the progression of science in the subject. Also clarifies that some things are uncertain, and give interesting examples of emerging knowledge that may confront more conventional understandings - but all in a very cautious manner.However, one thing that throws me off a bit, is a continuous toss back and forth between prokaryotic and eukaryotic differences. For example, one section can cover both genetic regulations in bacteria, as well as eukaryotic. The same goes for pictures that are sometimes “bundled together”. For me, this lowers the score for reviewing this book.Also, the authors do not always give a good overview of 1/2/3 chronological steps of certain processes. For example, the more detailed regulations of DNA replication is not presented chronologically in the text, but jumps back and forth between certain regulatory proteins that occur in different steps. Understandably though, not everything in this field of study is very clear cut and ordered as well as we may wish, so giving structure to a text that covers steps that may occur simultaneously and almost overlap, is not easy.

Got this second hand for a class tutorial. It has helpful practice questions at the end of each chapter.

Great book and excellent print. A bit expensive though.

Amazing book for post and undergraduate students little expensive but worth every penny

Nice book....