physiology books

	Microbial Physiology, 4th Edition
	By: Albert G. Moat, John W. Foster, Michael P. Spector, Michael P. Sector ISBN: 0471394831 Publisher: Wiley-Liss Release Date: 08 July, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 790737	This book is downright terrible. I have no idea why my professor assigned this as the main text especially since it is outdated. I read one chapter and I retained none of the information. If you do not know the subject material already, the book is of little help because it does not flow very smoothly in the way it presents detail and thus requires you to know what it is talking about so you do not get lost. Unfortunately, this is not the case for me and I could not follow the text at all. <br /> <br />The diagrams are useless! All pictures are in grayscale and are too complex to be monochromatic. The diagrams are very poorly labeled and the captions just prattle on and on about things that aren't labeled making it very confusing to follow. The pictures are sometimes fuzzy and poorly rendered so one blob is not really distinguishable from the next blob. <br /> <br />DON'T BUY THIS BOOK. BURN IT FOR GOD'S SAKE!!! If this is the assigned text for your class, you better hope the prof is really good and doesn't reference to the text too much. After reading a fantastic Biochemistry book like Lehninger, this one is simply unacceptable. <br /> <br />Albert G. Moat must have contemplated suicide several times after publishing this God-awful text. While some comment that this is the best text for the field, I reply that the best just isn't good enough. <br /> <br />I have just finished an upper-division undergraduate course entitled Metabolism and Biochemistry of Microorganisms, for which nearly all chapters of this 700-page text were prescribed. As a fourth year Cell and Molecular Biology major, I have encountered several texts written on the 'hard' sciences and I must say, this is - without question - the absolute worst text I have come across thus far. No other text comes to mind that even comes close to such poor quality as Microbial Physiology (4th edition - Moat/Foster/Spector). <br /> <br />First, and most importantly, the chapters are LACED WITH ERRORS! My professor for the course is an extremely knowledgeable microbiologist, and he pointed out several errors each week in lecture. Some errors are blatant, others more obscure, but the editors of this text owe it another go (or two, or three). <br /> <br />Second, the text is poorly written. One sentence and the next often have nothing in common, paragraphs don't use introductory or conclusion sentences, and sentences are very blunt and rarely elaborate for clarity. This is a fourth edition, but it reads like a (very rough) first draft. <br /> <br />The often captionless figures and tables are sparse, confusing, and look as though they were drafted with early editions of MS Word - generally next to useless. I suggest a flip through the pages before making a purchase - you'll see what I mean. Additionally, images are of low resolution and sparse as well. Not a spot of color can be found in this text, save the paperback cover. <br /> <br />Final thoughts: The content might be here (when accurate), but the presentation renders it more of a chore than a tool. If this really is the definitive text on Microbial Physiology, you'd probably be better off combining two or more related texts that are of higher caliber. Or, just ask the PI down the hall. <br /> <br />This goes without saying, but this text held a temporary place in my library. For these efforts, I award Microbial Physiology with the Toilet Bowl Award.
	Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Volume 1-2, Fourth Edition
	By: Kim E. Barrett, Fayez K. Ghishan, Juanita L. Merchant, Hamid M. Said, Jackie D. Wood, Leonard R. Johnson ISBN: 0120883945 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 30 March, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 617133
	Hole's Essentials of Human Anatomy And Physiology
	By: David N. Shier, Jackie L. Butler, Ricki Lewis ISBN: 0073204811 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Release Date: 30 June, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 813012
	Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology: Applications Manual
	By: Frederic Martini, Kathleen Welch ISBN: 0137518684 Publisher: Prentice Hall Release Date: July, 1997 Bioscience book rank: 1209883	This book is well worth buying, sure it is heavy but the content is invaliuable, the diagrams are clear and easy to understand. The only problem with the book is the weight, the fifth edition has a hardback text book as well as a very usefull aplications manual that shows how symptoms can be looked at as well as giving working examples.<p>The book is a complete package incluiding a CD rom, and a related website as well as two books, and end of chapter summaries and questions help with revising. The only point worth mentioning for other British customers is that the book uses American spellings such as "Esophagus" rather than "Oesophagus" which is handy to keep in mind when looking through the index!
	Cell Physiology (Lange Physiology Series)
	By: David Landowne ISBN: 0071464743 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Release Date: 17 May, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 515038	This is a terrible book and I was pretty much forced to buy it because our class uses it. When reading it, you will immediately notice its a very thin book. You might even infer that it is a quick, easy read. What a break from all your other long step 1 books, right? <br /> <br />WRONG. <br /> <br />You will wish this book was longer with the cryptic language this guy uses. I feel like Nicholas Cage trying to decipher the secret meaning behind each passage. Basic terms are not described and taken for granted. Graphs and charts are not properly labeled. And the best of all, his use of the English language is odd and confusing. I was forced to buy the book because my class uses it. Don't waste your money on this. <br /> <br />Oh and did I mention how expensive it was?
	PDQ Physiology (PDQ Series)
	By: Uwe Ackermann ISBN: 1550091484 Publisher: BC Decker Inc. Release Date: 15 April, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 1204246
	Yen and Jaffe's Reproductive Endocrinology: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management
	By: Jerome Strauss, Robert Barbieri ISBN: 0721695469 Publisher: Saunders Release Date: 11 June, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 880280
	Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 10th
	By: Gerard J.; Anagnostakos, Nicholas P. Tortora ISBN: 0471224723 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd Release Date: 2002 Bioscience book rank: 711271
	Essential Medical Physiology, Third Edition (ESSENTIAL MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY)
	By: Leonard R. Johnson ISBN: 0123875846 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: July, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 299320	the book was sent quickly and has no marks or bad pages in it. i would recommend this company. This is my required textbook for my Advanced Physiology class. This book is ridiculous! It is not the subject matter, but the textbook is written poorly and it is very hard to read. My school also have "Textbook of Medical Physiology" by Guyton on reserve for us to use as a supplemental resource, and Guyton book is much better in providing information in clear, and understandable manner. I regret wasting my money on this book, which otherwise could have been used to have a copy of Guyton book myself. Save your money, and look elsewhere. As a first year medical student, I found this book in my school library and gradually started using it more until I bought it. It's true that as the semester progresses, you can start to feel very lost, and you need the support of a good reference book which will slowly walk you through the material. In my opinion, this book is the best one out there for that purpose. <br /> <br />The main other book in this category is Berne and Levy, but I found that Johnson is much more readable and clear. I would say it's especially good in the cardiovascular section, and maybe not so good in the pulmonary section. Its greatest strength is the text. It's true that the pictures are a bit roughly put-together. <br /> <br />However, responding to one of the other reviewers, it is obviously not a reasonable criticism to say that this book has "only blue and black figures". Berne and Levy has only green and black figures, and anyway, most of the figures are graphs so what do you need full color for? Furthermore, many educators say that adding too much color makes a textbook distracting and harder to study from. <br /> <br />If a student is not ready for the level of difficulty in Johnson, they should turn to the "Netter Atlas of Human Physiology" and to "Clinical Physiology Made Ridiculously Simple", and then return to Johnson for the rigorous version. I often did this myself and I found that the pictures in the Netter atlas, combined with the text in Johnson, made a very good study guide.
	Modeling Methodology for Physiology and Medicine (Academic Press Biomedical Engineering Series) (Biomedical Engineering)
	By: Ewart Carson, Claudio Cobelli, Joseph Bronzino ISBN: 0121602451 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: October, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 1107574