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Color Atlas of Biochemistry

Jan Koolman and Klaus-Heinrich Röhm; Kathryn Schuller,

Trans. Thieme Medical: Stuttgart and New York, 1996. 435
pp, 194 color plates. ISBN 0-86577-584-2. Paper, $29.90.

This is a small book literally packed with structural infor-

mation about biochemistry and its functioning. It is aimed at
students of medicine and it is small enough to be tucked into a
suit-coat pocket. It is an amazing pocketbook, if you will.
The visual presentation drives the book and the color
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plates and structural detail are well worth the price of

admission. There is much biochemistry here with a solid
introduction but where this little book really shines is
in graphically illustrating the many applications of that chem-
istry.
This volume is an updated and expanded translation of
the German edition, which was published in 1994.
EJW
J. Chem. Educ. 1997.74:1402.

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