Top texts - Biochemistry

Nelson and Cox - Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 5th Edition

Published April 2008

25 years and still going strong! Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry has been a classroom favourite since its first edition. It is the classic introduction to biochemistry that brings clarity and coherence to an often unwieldy discipline, a textbook on the field’s classic core, always made fresh by combining the field’s definitive advances with an admirable ability to reach students. In addition to its content updates throughout, the fifth edition also provides updated pedagogy that supports lecturers in addressing key challenges in teaching the biochemistry course. The fifth edition maintains its clear narrative style and hallmark organization.

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Berg, Tymoczk and Stryer - Biochemistry, 6th edition

Published July 2006

‘The more we learn, the more we discover connections threading through our biochemical world. In writing the sixth edition, we have made every effort to present these connections in a way that will help first-time students of biochemistry understand the subject and how very relevant it is to their lives.’ – from the Preface

New to this edition:

• Emphasis on Physiological Relevance
• A Molecular Evolutionary Perspective
• New Chapters on Hemoglobin and Drug Development
• New Clinical Applications
• Visualizing Molecular Structure - selected and rendered by the authors
• End-of-Chapter Problems to foster the development of specific skills

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