Biochemistry: An Introduction: Pack [Hardcover]

T. McKee (Author), J.R. McKee (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 619 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education; 2nd Bk& Cdr edition (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0075618915
• ISBN-13: 978-0075618911
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,933,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very thorough intro to biochemistry for any grad student, July 11, 1998

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This review is from: Biochemistry: An Introduction (Hardcover)

From the point of view of biology and chemistry, this book outlines the fundamental points that are needed to understand the different processes of all cells, with a special emphasis on diseases. It has at the beginning of each chapter a short presentation of the problem to be discussed. It has an excellent set of questions at the end of each chapter. The index is very thorough and helpful and the references relate to CURRENT useful sources.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Full of errors, October 11, 2008

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Sam "Pre-Med Student" (Laramie, WY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life (Hardcover)

I found that this book has great content and purpose and is especially useful when accompanied with the study guide. However, the book is full of errors in the questions ranging from typos such as saying "Ribose-5-phosphate" instead of "Ribulose-5-phospate" to errors such as using the wrong term. For example in chapter 9, question 10, the question refers to a molecule to the right as "riboflavin" when it turn, it is actually "flavin mononucleotide." These errors can be very costly if a student is still learning biochemistry and hasn't mastered the concepts yet.

Overall, the content of the chapters seems to be great and full of useful information with minimal errors. The questions at the end of the chapter and the answers in the study guide are where most of the errors occur. I also found that some of the answers to the questions either did not answer the question directly or spent a lot of time explaining extra concepts outside the scope of the question that were not needed and only confuse you more.

The textbook does do a good job of teaching basic, fundamental knowledge. You just have to really know your concepts to get through the questions and catch the errors. The diagrams are pretty simplistic as well, and present the concepts well. Thanks to the content of the chapters and easy to read diagrams, this book survives with three stars.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Textbook!, February 9, 2009

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Holl-ster (Southern Cali) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life (Hardcover)

This is NOT an easy course, but the information in this book is fantastic. Its presented in such a way that makes it easy to absorb and really understand. I highly recommend all Biochemistry students required to have the book, should absolutely utilize it. Don't forget the solutions manual/study guide!