Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition

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Summary: It is the clearest Biochemistry book and it is a must for ev
Review: I found the 2e of "Principles of Biochemistry" by A. Lehninger, one of the most exciting books written in the field of Biochemistry. The book should be a treasure, especially, for undergradute students who have interest in the field. I have already adopted it as the main text book for the Biochemistry, a 300 level, course that I teach. Concepts are clearly and cleverly presented.

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Summary: A right book for all biological related students
Review: I used it as I studied agromy and gave me a strong ground on this subject. I will probably buy it for my personal library, since I always borrowed it from University Of Chile Library.

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Summary: Great Book for Layperson
Review: I'm not a scientist or a student, just someone who was interested in biochemistry as I've been reading a lot about astrobiology and felt I needed a better background in this area. I found this book to be really quite wonderful - beautiful in fact! - with terrific diagrams (my favorite being the e. coli DNA which goes all around the text of the page) - and very well written. It has some incredible diagrams of the proteins involved in biochemistry. Also it has some interesting "asides" covering scientific discoveries or items of medical interest. The discussions of hemoglobin and vitamin B12 were particularly memorable.

Anyway, I can't stop talking about this book to people. I think biochemistry should be required in college for all students, it really makes you appreciate life in a different way than you did before.


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Summary: The best Biochemistry book ever so far!
Review: Its very comprehensive, an excellent study source, and helps build great fundamentals to the subject!

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Summary: It continues being the best one.
Review: The fourth edition of Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry is the best book is the subjet. Like in the third edition the treatment of the topics is very goog. The first chapthers of the past edition were simplified in one single chapter. Also new is an innovative graphical style for depicting enzyme reaction mechanisms. Introduces the human genome. Biochemical insights derived from the human genome are integrated throughout the text.
Tracking the emergence of genomics and proteomics, this chapter establishes DNA technology as a core topic and a path to understanding metabolism, signaling, and other topics covered in the middle chapters of this edition. Includes up-to-date coverage of microarrays, protein chips, comparative genomics, and techniques in cloning and analysis.

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Summary: good, but it may be a bit difficult for a bignner.
Review: This book is good, with many charts and diagrams. But it is also true that this book is a little bit difficult for a beginner in biochemistry.

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Summary: A Strong Text
Review: This is the only biochem book that I've had, but I'm impressed with it. It explains the concepts to a lot of detail. My professor even uses the reaction mechanisms on his powerpoint slide. The book also comes with a very useful study guide, that makes learning biochem fun, with crossword puzzles and such.