Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15934 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1119 pages

Review
'Excellent text book - same detailed text as in previous versions.'

Review
'The new Lehninger is one of the most modern and comprehensive textbooks in biochemistry.'

From the Publisher
Synopsis and table of contents
The new edition of Principles of Biochemistry remains faithful to the vision of its predecessors, while embracing the tremendous advances made in biochemical research since the previous edition. As always, the book presents the fundamentals of biochemistry through selected topics, emphasising the most important recent developments and applications without abandoning the classical core of the subject. The Third Edition is thoroughly contemporary in content, design and teaching approach, with new material and references throughout, a number of new boxes on applications, striking new graphics and new problems drawing on real experimental data. Supplements include a superb study guide/solutions manual and an exclusive tutorial web site based on the Chemscape Chime 3-D molecular viewer.

Customer Reviews

The classical Lehninger - a modern approach to biochemistry
The latest edition of Lehninger's Principles of Biochemistry is presented in a very modern eye-catching layout with a lot of emphasis on structural 3D molecular images. This indeed is the most important fundamental part of today's biochemistry because it manages to explain molecular mechanisms. The volume gives a lot of deep insight into the functioning of our molecules of life. If you have got plenty of time you will enjoy reading it because the author utilizes very vivid examples and, in a sense, always comes back to the "principles of biochemistry" in a wider perspective. So is the concept of protein function illustrated in detail at the beginning of the book for very well-investigated proteins, such as hemoglobin, and is later on refered to certain paradigms. This is what studying should be about, rather than an arrangement of facts. Admittedly, this book needs time to digest, so if you are in a hurry exam-study-session you will probably prefer to look at the well-drawn figures and be able to grasp the basic ideas in a short time. The main concepts are outlined again in the figure captions, which is very helpful. Classical biochemical pathways are still a major part of this book. But here again, there is a lot of generalization and these themes will help you to orientate throughout the entire metabolism. New tools for the elucidation of biochemical problems, e.g. Tandem MS/MS, are described as well and added to previous editions. These parts will serve as a good supplement to theoretical knowledge. Another big plus of the book is its CD-ROM with outstanding animations of molecular events and its website providing all the figures of the book as Power Point files. In the end, it is a highly recommendable book. Other books like Voet's might be more condensed, and even if the present volume requires more time to grasp all the basics, this is what you need for a geniune understanding of biochemistry.

Excellent undergraduate text book
Principles of Biochemistry is a superb book, both for undergraduate students studying introductory biochemistry and those on advanced undergraduate courses. The book truly does cover an immense amount of ground and with the increasingly important role of molecular biology; this book also fulfils such a role. As an undergraduate molecular biology student I have found Lehninger to be equally useful when studying structural biology or biochemistry.

Reaction pathways are clear and concise; a useful feature was the presentation of such pathways at a basic level with increasing levels of complexity as the reader progresses in their understanding of such concepts. The CD-ROM was also useful, particularly for myself as much of my course content was based on the text in PowerPoint form, so the illustrations on the CD-ROM could be viewed later on to recap.

In summery, a good all-round biochemistry book. Covers the fundamentals with the addition of very up-to-date concepts. As good as some and certainly better than most.

My Opinion
As a person that owns both this book and also the Devlin, I must say that the Devlin is much better book than the lehninger.
It's much easier to read and much more intresting since it has connections (correlations) to the real thing, most of us who own one of this book,study, and it's MEDICINE.
think twice before _you buy this book, since to my opinion the DEVLIN TEXTBOOK IS MUCH BETTER...