Cell: A Molecular Approach

by Geoffrey M. Cooper, Robert E Hausman

Teaching cell biology can be a daunting task because the field is so vast and rapidly moving, characterized by a continual explosion of new information. The challenge is how to teach students the fundamental concepts without becoming bogged down in details. Students need to understand the principles of cell biology and be able to appreciate new advances, rather than just memorizing "the facts" as we see them today. At the same time, the material must be presented in sufficient depth to thoughtfully engage students and provide a sound basis for further studies. The Cell, Seventh Edition, provides a balance of concepts and details that meets the needs of today's students and their teachers. Written by an active scientist and experienced educator, this textbook combines readability and cohesiveness with comprehensive and up-to-date science.

In keeping with prior editions, the new seventh

- Is ideally suited in length and complexity for sophomore- and junior-level courses at the undergraduate level.
- Can be covered in a single semester. Students can master the material in its entirety, rather than sampling a small fraction from a much larger text.
- Is written in an efficient and compact style, covering a broad range of material in a direct and pedagogically approachable manner.
- Focuses on the molecular biology of cells as a unifying theme, with topics such as developmental biology, the nervous system, the immune system, and plant biology being discussed as examples of more general principles.
- Features "Key Experiment" and "Molecular Medicine" boxes that highlight the experimental nature of molecular and cellular biology and convey the excitement and medical relevance of research in this area.

For the Student

Companion Website

The Cell, Seventh Edition, Companion Website provides students with a wide range of study and review materials, rich multimedia resources, and online quizzing. The site is available free of charge (no access code required) and includes the following

* NEW! A new collection of online videos (referenced throughout the book) helps students visualize complex cellular and molecular structures and processes.

* Online Two sets of online quiz questions are available for each chapter, both of which are assignable by the instructor.
- Multiple-choice quizzes test comprehension of the chapter's key material.
- Free-response questions ask students to apply what they have learned from the chapter.

* Narrated animations help students better grasp key complex topics and processes.

* Interactive versions of the many micrographs in the book, illustrating cellular structure.

* Flashcards & Key A great way for students to learn and review the key terminology introduced in each chapter.

* Chapter Summaries

* Web Links

* Complete glossary

For Instructors (available to qualified adopters)

Instructor's Resource Library

The seventh edition Instructor's Resource Library includes a wide range of digital resources to aid instructors in planning the course, presenting lectures, and assessing students. The IRL includes the following

* NEW! Data Analysis New for the seventh edition, this set of over seventy problems presents students with real-world analysis exercises. Each problem is built around figures and data from specific published papers, and students are challenged to interpret the figures, analyze data, and explain methods and results. Complete answers and explanations are provided. Ideal for use as in-class exercises or as homework assignments.

* Textbook Figures & All available as both high- and low-resolution JPEGs

* PowerPoint
- Figures and tables
- Complete lecture presentations
- Supplemental photos

* The entire collection of animations from the Companion Website, for use in lecture

* Supplemental Over 100 additional micrographs

* Online Quiz Multiple-choice and free-response questions from the Companion Website, with answers and feedback

* The complete Test File, in Microsoft Word and Diploma formats (see below for details)

* Chapter Outlines and Key Terms

Test File (available in the Instructor's Resource Library)

Revised and updated for the seventh edition, the Test File includes a collection of over 1,300 multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and short-answer questions covering the full range of content in every chapter. New for the Seventh E...

Genres: Science, Biology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Medicine, Education, Biography

832 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Geoffrey M. Cooper is an award-winning author of medical thrillers and a 2023 Maine Literary Award Finalist in Crime Fiction. His experience as a former cancer researcher and scientific administrator, having held positions at Harvard Medical School and Boston University as professor, department chair, and associate dean, now provides extensive background for his novels. He lives in Ogunquit, Maine.

Reviews

[sophia · Rating 3 out of 5]

i’m adding this to my goodreads BC I READ THIS FROM START TO FINISH

all 20 chapters. the glossary. the index. even the table of contents (probably over 20 times)

textbook was not too great, it’s full of text blocks and over complicated at times. like why would you explain the full experiment behind a discovery in the middle of the sentence, without first explaining what that discovery is. i don’t need to know that AKT was discovered in mice, just tell me the pathway first!!!

barely any mention of plant biology (0/10).


overall, very enjoyable. maybe one of the few books that are over 700 pages that i’ve been so engaged with. the book tapped into my unlocked potential. also probably permanently changed my brain chemistry (for good or for bad, i’ll never know)

molcell2 was one of the best courses! now i will read real books and pray for my grade 🙏🏻

[Rob · Rating 3 out of 5]

lots of good illustrations, both schematic drawings with lumpy blobs for all the proteins and also really cool micrographs. i also liked the "key experiment" pages.

but the organization was bass ackwards. they started with chemistry, then DNA, then larger structures, until finally the cell cycle. so YOU NEVER KNEW THE BIGGER PICTURE. again and again, they would sort of hint at the larger context and then say "this is discussed in chapter 11" or whatever. the authors made the fatal mistake of so many teachers - they know the subject inside out, so they teach it from the inside out. it makes sense to them that way because they already know all the stuff from later chapters. but the student doesn't.

plus, they wrote with no personality at all. not one joke, anecdote, exclamation, etc., in the entire book.

finally, it was pretty clear that sometimes they wrote two pages and the publisher said "turn this into half a page" and so it became an ultradense series of technical sentences without explanation.

ah, well, i learned a ton, though. most interesting factoid: you can cut out two thirds of a rat's liver and it will grow back as good as new in a few days. wow.

[Endi Tafani · Rating 2 out of 5]

Horrible ,

it’s full of info , looks great and all but after a paragraph or two you can’t continue reading , your brain begs you to stop and it shuts down automatically.

You can’t even use it to sleep , sleeping after reading this brings horrific nightmares.

[Deisy · Rating 4 out of 5]

like it or not, this is an important book for PostGrad student like me... *sigh*
Oh well, let's just take it as a light reading... *lol*

[Sofia Lavou · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best book for cell biology.
Very illuminating and explanatory :)
It helped me a lot.

[Meghana Rastogi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for cell and molecular biology

[ROHIT TIWARI]

good book

[Melina Celeste · Rating 4 out of 5]

Parte de mí, odio leerte.

[ella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thanks for RUINING MY LIFE already. Too detailed

[Niv · Rating 5 out of 5]

best book for cell biology

[Terry Shackleford · Rating 2 out of 5]

I teach cell biology and wanted to try a new textbook with a better online platform for our students. I started out with a great attitude and wanted to love this book. I just got to where I hated it! It just had too many details and didn't do a good job breaking things down. The active learning exercises were stupid. I just didn't like it at all and my students liked it even less.

[Eddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly easy to understand and nicely written with informative pictures. But I kept wondering if the author just stopped repeating the same thing in different words how much shorter the chapters would be...

[Pablo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can´t compare it to other book because i studied all from this one, but it was a really nice read

[Nida · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't understand the hype about this book. Tge illustrations are beyond good but the text is inferior

[Prisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

i finished but at what cost

[aby l.s · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lean este antes que el Karp, es más terminología friendly 🙂‍↕️

[Petra Garic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oduzelo mi je 6 tjedana mog zivota, ali sam dobila 5🔥

[robin]

No me lo he leído entero pero espero aprobar biología después de haber estado trabajándome los capítulos que caían 🙏

[Aanchal · Rating 5 out of 5]

an excellent book

[Deegii · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really helpful to increase my acknowledgement of basic science.