
Molecular Cell Biology
by Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Monty Krieger, Anthony Bretscher, Paul Matsudaira, Matthew P. Scott, Lawrence Zipursky, James Darnell, Michael M. Cox, Jennifer A. Doudna, Michael O'Donnell, David Baltimore, S. Lawrence Zipursky · first published 1990
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I recommend these biology books: Molecular Cell Biology - Lodish http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Cell-Biology-Harvey-Lodish/d... Molecular Biology of the Cell - Alberts http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815344325/
on “This Biology Book Blew Me Away” ↗…(http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Genetics-Bacteria-Snyder/dp/...). As you'd expect, it's very focused on Bacteria, but it's current and goes all the way from the basic to the very in-depth. Edit: Oh! And how could I forget Lodish (http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Cell-Biology-Harvey-Lodish/d...)? Also very good...
on “Ask HN: Is there a SICP of biology?” ↗…fully and critically appreciate even basic research papers is pretty enormous. General biochem and cell bio: - https://www.amazon.com/Biochemistry-Reginald-H-Garrett/dp/13... - https://www.amazon.ca/Molecular-Cell-Biology-Harvey-Lodish-d... - https://www.amazon.ca/Lehninger-Principles-Biochemistry-Davi... Biotech: - https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biotechnology-Principles-Ap... Cell signaling: - https://www.amazon.com/Cell-Signaling-Wendell-Lim/dp/0815342...…
on “Ask HN: What do you read for general knowledge?” ↗I opted to take 2 intro to bioengineering courses during my computer engineering degree. We basically covered "Molecular Cell Biology" by Lodish. I really liked the courses. It was a bit hard getting used to reading the published papers, but I learned a lot.
on “Ask HN: What Kind of Biology Study Did You Have in Higher Education?” ↗…I pretty much just read the textbooks directly and used Wikipedia for supplementary reading. I donate (nearly) every year to Wikipedia because I would not have graduated without it. This is the exact Molecular Cell Biology text we were assigned a decade ago (though I’d imagine it’s significantly updated now): https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Cell-Biology-Lodish/dp/0716... The first principles of a an education in biochemistry…
on “What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System” ↗…in a systematic or rigorous way, which is frustrating to see because, as somebody with a training in human molecular biology, all of this has been KNOWN FOR DECADES! I mean seriously, Chapter One of Molecular Cell Biology, please!
on “Inside 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki's $99 DNA Revolution” ↗