Prescott's Microbiology [Hardcover]

Joanne Willey (Author), Linda Sherwood (Author), Chris Woolverton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 2010 | ISBN-10: 0077350138 | ISBN-13: 978-0077350130 | Edition: 8

The author team of Prescott’s Microbiology continues the tradition of past editions by providing a balanced, comprehensive introduction to all major areas of microbiology. Because of this balance, Microbiology is appropriate for microbiology majors and mixed majors courses. The new authors have focused on readability, artwork, and the integration of several key themes (including evolution, ecology and diversity) throughout the text, making an already superior text even better.

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About the Author

JOANNE M. WILLEY has been a professor at Hofstra University on Long Island, New York, since 1993, where she is Professor of Microbiology; she holds a joint appointment with the Hostra University School of Medicine. LINDA M. SHERWOOD is a member of the Department of Microbiology at Montana State University. Her interest in microbiology was sparked by the last course she took to complete a B.S. degree in Psychology at Western Illinois University. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1070 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 8 edition (February 3, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0077350138
• ISBN-13: 978-0077350130
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Microbiology

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty darn decent writing for a Micro textbook, December 27, 2008

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Stormia Mind - See all my reviews

I learned a hell of a lot more from this text than my professor. It was better written than I expected, it's as up to date as you can expect a textbook to be, and the pictures/diagrams are good. And most importantly, IDENTICAL to the hardback, but cheaper.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Required text, September 11, 2010

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This review is from: Prescott's Microbiology (Hardcover)

This book does an excellent job of going into depth about the topics covered in my class. Several figures give more details than in previous editions. One drawback is that this edition does not have the essays that were in the older edition. Those essays were extremely helpful for making connections for class. Also, this edition is extremely expensive however,amazon was much cheaper than my local bookstore.

2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible writing, February 12, 2012

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jkell - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prescott's Microbiology (Hardcover)

This is a textbook. It contains lots of information. The information is useful.
However, the writing sucks. There are topic shifts mid-paragraph. The figure captions are often useless. There is an extreme overuse of parentheticals, most of which obfuscate instead of illuminate. There are so many instances of bad writing getting in the way of the delivering the information that it is hard to learn from the textbook because I spend most of my time rewriting it in my head.
Please, if you are considering this textbook for your class, find a different one.