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bakudreamer's review against another edition
2.0
The first several chapters are weak ( actually kinda suck ) and then it gets better. The last four chapters are very good. This is another ' who is this book supposed to be for ? ' example however.
thomcat's review against another edition
2.0
This book isn't particularly long but it was *very* difficult to get into, from the first chapter to the last. The subject matter is fascinating, and I want to find good books about certain aspects of cellular biology - but not this one.
thesawyerbean's review against another edition
3.0
This book wasn't bad. While generally the scientific basis was solid, certain parts were poorly explained, which makes comprehension rather difficult for any subject matter more complex than the elementary facts.
I also tended to get rather infuriated by Wolpert's tendency to go off on a tangent with some seemingly-indignant rant about one topic or another, be it controversy surrounding stem cell research and abortion or the misuse of scientific terms. I feel such personal and subjective outlooks do not fit into a non-fiction and supposedly objective biology book.
Nevertheless, it is an informative piece which I would recommend to avid scientists.
I also tended to get rather infuriated by Wolpert's tendency to go off on a tangent with some seemingly-indignant rant about one topic or another, be it controversy surrounding stem cell research and abortion or the misuse of scientific terms. I feel such personal and subjective outlooks do not fit into a non-fiction and supposedly objective biology book.
Nevertheless, it is an informative piece which I would recommend to avid scientists.
cloe_chc's review against another edition
3.0
This was a pretty interesting book on cell biology. It's not too short that you don't learn enough, but not too long either that you lose interest. The explanations that Wolpert uses are quite simple and easy to understand, although I would have liked a couple of pictures or diagrams to facilitate understanding. Luckily, there are not many difficult scientific words in there - if there are, then it's immediately followed by a definition. Before picking up the book, I was afraid that I wouldn't understand much of it, but luckily, you only need a basic knowledge of biology to be able to read it. Of course, there were some chapters where I found myself overwhelmed with new information all at once, but what did I expect?
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