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> Molecular biology of the Gene I really, really wish this book would stop being recommended. It doesn't teach any biology, just a lot of random facts disconne
by madhadron 7y ago
> Molecular biology of the Gene
I really, really wish this book would stop being recommended. It doesn't teach any biology, just a lot of random facts disconnected from reality about a fictional average eukaryotic cell. Nowhere in it do you build an intuition about working with biological systems.
- sansnomme 7y agoSorry I meant Molecular Biology of the Cell. I think it's meant as a reference more than anything else. Bio is like ML in that it moves very quickly, so there is the need for constantly updated evergreen texts.
- madhadron 7y agoWhoops, I thought you meant MBoC as well. I also wish everyone would stop recommending that one, too. I don't think it's even a good reference. I can safely say that I never got any useful information out if it during the course of my graduate work in biology.