General, Organic, and Biochemistry - Hardcover

Denniston, Katherine J; Topping, Joseph J; Caret, Robert L

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0073221074 ISBN 13: 9780073221076

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2005

Synopsis

The fifth edition of General, Organic, and Biochemistry is designed to help undergraduate health-related majors, and students of all other majors, understand key concepts and appreciate the significant connections between chemistry, health, disease, and the treatment of disease. This text continues to strike a balance between theoretical and practical chemistry, while emphasizing material that is unique to health-related studies.

Designed for the one- or two-semester course, the text has an easy-to-follow problem-solving pedagogy, vivid illustrations, and engaging applications. The updating of the art program throughout, along with many new questions, problems, and discussion topics, continues to make this book appealing to students and instructors alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Kate Denniston is a biochemist in the Biology Dept. of Towson State University. At Towson, she has been honored with such awards as the "Outstanding Faculty Award" and the "Faculty Merit Award". Her previous employment record is literally a list of some of the best biochemistry institutions in the world: Univ. of Wisconsin as a post-doc, Georgetown University School of Medicine as research professor, National Cancer Institute as a Senior Staff Fellow, the Argonee National laboratory in their research program, and as an Invited Instructor by the European Molecular Biology Organization. She has written for such noteworthy publications as Nature, Science.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0073221074
• ISBN 13: 9780073221076
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 801