Roitt's Essential Immunology (Essentials) [Paperback]

Peter Delves (Author), Seamus Martin (Author), Dennis Burton (Author), Ivan Roitt (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1405136030 | ISBN-13: 978-1405136037 | Publication Date: August 14, 2006 | Edition: 11

Roitt's Essential Immunology has established itself as the book of choice for students of immunology worldwide. This excellent textbook is commonly regarded as 'the best of the immunology primers' and the eleventh edition remains at the cutting edge of this fascinating area of science.

The trademark of this book is its highly readable introduction to the subject, its emphasis on core knowledge and its excellent four-color artwork. The internationally renowned authors have extensively updated all aspects of the book to produce a new edition, which will be an invaluable resource to students of immunology and medicine.

Roitt's Essential Immunology is supported by a website at www.roitt.com This useful on-line resource includes interactive multiple-choice questions with feedback, key concepts explained with animations, further reading lists with PubMed links, and an archive of images from the book.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"What is not to love about this book? Roitt's Essential Immunology is already considered indispensable for undergraduate biology. As with past editions, it provides a simplified approach to explaining the more complicated immunological processes...as a PhD student, this book still provides a great reference, and help for any immunologist who needs to go back to basics. Every chapter provides many useful examples and great diagrams, which are also available online and ready to download for presentations and essays...Overall this book is a very useful tool in Immunology." Immunology News<!--end-->"

"[I]s an easy to read, highly informative textbook, ideal for a medical student or a person looking to specialise in inmmunology" GKT Gazette

From the Back Cover

Roitt's Essential Immunology has established itself as the book of choice for students of immunology worldwide. This excellent textbook is commonly regarded as 'the best of the immunology primers' and the eleventh edition remains at the cutting edge of this fascinating area of science.

Updated throughout with internationally renowned authors from Europe and the US

Classic, reader-friendly approach to the subject

Full colour with summary boxes and numerous diagrams

On-line companion containing updates, images and self-assessment material at www.roitt.com

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Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 11 edition (August 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405136030
• ISBN-13: 978-1405136037
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #379,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Roitts is the definitive Immunology text for Medical Student, March 3, 1998

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This review is from: Roitt's Essential Immunology (Essentials) (Paperback)

As a pre-clinical medical student, I was initially apprehensive when I came into contact with this book. Immunology is a subject I know little about, and the topic can seem more than a little daunting at times. Ivan Roitt's superb text soon revealed to me that my worries were unfounded. His guide through immunology is comprehensive and a pleasure to read. The content is both factual and humourous, written in the style of a caring lecturer rather than a boring expert (as with most medical texts). I cannot thank him enough for his fantastic book and hope he soon writes other texts on medical subjects (biochemistry needs a facelift, I think!!) for students to understand and enjoy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Roitt's Immunology is a good review, September 7, 2007

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B. M. Males "Doc Bonnie" (Washington state) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roitt's Essential Immunology (Essentials) (Paperback)

Nice update on immunology that includes more recent findings at the molecular/cellular level. This is a more general, broad review of the field that takes you to where immunologists are focusing their efforts today. A good example is the chapter on vaccines and vaccines in development. However, if I were someone who was needing a textbook to review medical immunology for a licensing exam, this is not the book to use. This text is more appropriate for graduate students or others engaged in research who want a more detailed overview of the field.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential Immunology, February 16, 2006

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L. Mendez "islandloly" (Ponce, PR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roitt's Essential Immunology, Tenth Edition (Essentials) (Paperback)

GREAT text! Great website. I found this book to be really helpful,gives just enough info without being too much. Excellent pictures and managible text. I recommend you get this book early on in the course, cause you'll need it. My prof took lots of pictures from it and I found it to be a better explination than other books. I used it to fill in gaps and get clearer ideas of things.