(Part 2) Best products from r/Biochemistry

Thank you! I know that Lodish is great, Alberts is quite good too... what I am looking for is somethhing more precise, like this one , the problem is that I don't know how good it is and I plan to buy it as I can't find anything useful in my library :)

This little book really helped me out in terms of how to do basic things and WHY you're doing them (for organic chem, which can come in handy for biochem). It tries a little too hard to be 'hip' (it's aimed at 1st and 2nd year college kids), but it's definitely worth it to have it laying around or as a reference since most of the techniques are pretty standard to any experiment. I don't know why it's so damn expensive now though, I got it new for $30 a few years ago. I'd suggest getting a used copy.

Glad to help! I was actually doing a bit of snooping and you can get the entire book for only 6 bucks used!!! I feel so ripped off having bought it for way more back when I was taking classes haha

• The Disappearing Spoon
  
  
• A Short History of Nearly Everything
  
  These are two I've read and suggest. The first is about the history and events surrounding discovery of the elements. The second is just a nice history of various science topics.
  
  Enjoy, and have a nice couple weeks off.
  
  -- C

I really like the Stryer textbook. The NIH has it for free on their site, but you could probably find an older edition for relatively cheap online.

Maybe something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Biochemistry-Lubert-Stryer/dp/071673687X

If you're reasonably familiar with intro chem terminology you'd probably be fine.

Energy Changes in Biochemical Reactions by Irving Klotz is a great read for biochemical thermodynamics. It's a small volume that one can reasonably read cover to cover to get a good foundation on the subject.

McMurry, The organic chemistry of biological pathways


It's a textbook, but the best there is when it comes to the chemical details of biological processes.

What instruments do you have? Please give us information that allows us to actually help you. I have no idea what you're working with. You should check out The Joy of Chemistry. It's got lots of basic chemistry experiments that you can do without much needed. You can next-day it too.

They used Greenspans Endocrinology at my university that had a top 10 ranked bio department. Pretty sure there’s a pdf rip floating around somewhere.

There's actually a Bioinformatics for Dummies, and it's a pretty good and inexpensive introduction.

i remember This one being pretty good on some things.

I can strongly reccommend The Chemistry of Life by Steven Rose - I read it when I was about 16 and trying to decide what degree to do at university as well. It assumes no scientific knowledge or vocabulary, and covers most of the basic areas of biochemistry and cell biology. Because it was written in 1966, it doesn't have any "cutting edge" science in it - however, it's easy to read, and what's in there is still required knowledge for first-year biochem exams!

Yeah, tons.

• Spectroscopy and NMR
  
• X Ray crystallography
  
• Biomolecular simulations / biophysics
  
• Thermodynamics
  
• Systems biology
  
• Proteomics
  
• Bioinformatics
  
• ...
  
  Here's a good math & biochemistry book.
  
  http://www.amazon.ca/Molecular-Driving-Forces-Statistical-Thermodynamics/dp/0815320515
  

The Molecules of Life by Kuriyan is what we had in our 1st year grad class. It does a really good job bridging thermodynamics with biochemistry.

Saw The Manga Guide to Biochemistry on this sub a while ago, maybe it will help!

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One of the books he's written: Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves.

For anyone interested.

Yes, this is the perfect choice.

An alternative would be Peter Hoffman's Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos https://www.amazon.com/Lifes-Ratchet-Molecular-Machines-Extract/dp/0465022537

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