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Thanks a lot for this! Could someone recommend me a good book to start learning cell biology and genetics? I study physics and I'd like to learn about biophysic

by Qision 6y ago

Thanks a lot for this! Could someone recommend me a good book to start learning cell biology and genetics? I study physics and I'd like to learn about biophysics.

ramraj07 6y ago
Others recommend MBoC, I personally liked Lodish better. More importantly, cell biology is one of those subjects that can actually be fairly light reading. It doesn't burden itself too much with arbitrarily named cytokines, or the astonishingly complicated biochemical pathways and enzyme names. The processes that govern each aspect of the cell are surprisingly very unique so each chapter is a veritable cornucopia of amazing methods our cells use to solve their problems. The pretty pictures don't hurt either!
AareyBaba 6y ago
The Molecular Biology of the Cell is the standard text. https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Sixth-Bruce-Alberts/dp/0815345240 https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Sixth-Bruce-Alberts... But you'll probably benefit from taking an Edx course https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-biology-the-secret-of-life-3 https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-biology-the-secre...
- villedepommes 6y ago
  Do I have to brush up on inorganic and orgranic chemistry in order to get the most out of this book?
  - AareyBaba 6y ago
    You should be able to get through with basic high-school chemisty. You need to know there are elements C, H, N, O, P, Ca, K, S, know what an ionic bond and covalent bonds is and be able to look at the structure of a molecule.
    - villedepommes 6y ago
      thanks!
mjg59 6y ago
Molecular Biology of the Cell is a wonderful book (my first PhD advisor was one of the authors of the 3rd edition), but if you're more interested in the purely genetics side of things then I'd recommend Genes by Lewin - it's definitely the book I relied on most during my undergrad degree, and it's written in a way that largely lets you bootstrap from not having a strong biology background.

by Qision 6y ago

Thanks a lot for this! Could someone recommend me a good book to start learning cell biology and genetics? I study physics and I'd like to learn about biophysics.

ramraj07 6y ago

Others recommend MBoC, I personally liked Lodish better. More importantly, cell biology is one of those subjects that can actually be fairly light reading. It doesn't burden itself too much with arbitrarily named cytokines, or the astonishingly complicated biochemical pathways and enzyme names. The processes that govern each aspect of the cell are surprisingly very unique so each chapter is a veritable cornucopia of amazing methods our cells use to solve their problems. The pretty pictures don't hurt either!

AareyBaba 6y ago

The Molecular Biology of the Cell is the standard text. https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Sixth-Bruce-Alberts/dp/0815345240 https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Sixth-Bruce-Alberts... But you'll probably benefit from taking an Edx course https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-biology-the-secret-of-life-3 https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-biology-the-secre...

villedepommes 6y ago
Do I have to brush up on inorganic and orgranic chemistry in order to get the most out of this book?
- AareyBaba 6y ago
  You should be able to get through with basic high-school chemisty. You need to know there are elements C, H, N, O, P, Ca, K, S, know what an ionic bond and covalent bonds is and be able to look at the structure of a molecule.
  - villedepommes 6y ago
    thanks!

mjg59 6y ago

Molecular Biology of the Cell is a wonderful book (my first PhD advisor was one of the authors of the 3rd edition), but if you're more interested in the purely genetics side of things then I'd recommend Genes by Lewin - it's definitely the book I relied on most during my undergrad degree, and it's written in a way that largely lets you bootstrap from not having a strong biology background.