Foundations of Chemical Biology (Oxford Chemistry Primers)

I bought this to get the basics of a class I have no background in and it helped a lot since it goes through details and explains things quite simply. Definitely recommend it.

The book was straight forward and presented the material clearly and concisely (as with most "Foundations"). Was a nice introduction and recap of biological processes and organization that is nice to now own in a small book. Definitely recommended for upper undergraduate or beginning graduate students as I believe it is intended.

fun, forgot to finish this one too. worth buying

This book is one of the few titled with "chemical biology" although quite a few university chemistry departments have inserted it into their names.Within 100 pages all necessary facts are laid out in a clear format and logical flow. The size and brevity allows easy reading in a repetitive fashion which is a necessary practice in mastering this science. One can have a good grasp of the science in learning the subject or can flip through it within several hours as a reminder of certain facts. The references are very good selections too. One of them, "why nature chose phosphates", can be extremely revealing to anybody in the fields of chemical biology and biotechnology. Dr. Dobson is one of the leading scientists in protein folding research with many influential publications in Nature, Science etc. I was able to listen to his speech delivered in 2007 at Welch Foundation Annual Conference. This background has been very positively reflected in the book where relevant research frontiers are mentioned and revealing statements were presented such as "ATP is a condensing agent acting as DCC in organic chemistry". One has to admit it is a rare event for a scientist of this status to write an introductory book.

These Oxford Chemistry Primers entered the market just over 15 years ago. Great value for an authoritative brief introduction to topics which you don't want to spend the time or money buying massive textbooks for!

Good and interesting book, the oxford chemistry primers are great, the specific topic is explained widely and gives you the bases on the subject