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Ask HN: Computing/Biology Resources?
I never took the opportunity to learn much biology in college, but now as I see computing and biology having increasing impact on each other, I'd love to learn more biology. Anyone have preferences on a good freshman-level biology overview text? Upper-division/graduate level molecular bio? Any potential ideas for opportunites to use programming, data mining, and algorithms experience to break into a hybrid career?
- bcater 18y agoI really enjoyed Guyton: http://www.amazon.com/Textbook-Medical-Physiology-Arthur-Guyton/dp/072168677X http://www.amazon.com/Textbook-Medical-Physiology-Arthur-Guy... I wasn't a biology major, but from what I understand, this is a standard in the field.
- davi 18y agoI learned from the third edition of this textbook, and it was excellent; maybe others can confirm this for the most recent edition: Molecular Biology of the Cell - Fifth Edition http://www.garlandscience.com/textbooks/0815341059.asp http://www.garlandscience.com/textbooks/0815341059.asp You can get a feel for lots of textbooks here, by searching within them for things you're interested in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=books http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=books
- sarosh 18y agohttp://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1545-7885&ct=1 http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html... and http://www.ploscompbiol.org/home.action http://www.ploscompbiol.org/home.action
- Rod 18y agoYou might find this book useful and interesting: A Computer Scientist's Guide to Cell Biology http://books.google.com/books?id=nAjhrOyBhIoC http://books.google.com/books?id=nAjhrOyBhIoC
- fizx 18y agoThank you so much everyone!