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I would suggest carefully reading a deep textbook on biology like Molecular Biology of the Cell. You can't get a casual but realistic understanding of biology w
by inciampati 4y ago
I would suggest carefully reading a deep textbook on biology like Molecular Biology of the Cell. You can't get a casual but realistic understanding of biology without a significant effort. That's a big problem in modern society. Biology is subtle and yet ever-important to us earth-bound organisms. The vast majority of people have only the most trivial understanding of biology, but scientifically we have a rather complete perspective and mental model that, due to its recent development, hasn't yet become common.
- feet 4y agoGreat book suggestion! Absolutely agree as someone in the field Biology and biochemistry is unbelievably complicated and difficult to grasp without truly going deep into the fundamentals
- sseagull 4y agoSlightly OT, but I am a computational chemist (PhD) looking to learn more about molecular biology (to say, and undergraduate or beginning graduate level). I am looking to learn more to see ways in which advances in computational chemistry tools could be applicable outside of our usual domains. I am looking at Molecular Biology of the Cell (Alberts) and Cell Biology (Pollard). Both were recommended to me, but wondering what the pros and cons of each are (if you are familiar with both of them).
- feet 4y agoI'm not familiar with Cell Biology by Pollard but MBoC has incredible diagrams and flow charts that make pathways and other concepts incredibly easy to understand