Guided Tour of Living Cell Vol: Coll.Pa

by Christian de Duve

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716750066
• ISBN13: 9780716750062
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Scientific American Library
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent content, excellent illustrations

Christian de Duve (MD) was one of the winners of the 1974 Nobel prize in physiology and medicine, for "the structural and functional organization of the cell." He wrote this set of 2 books for high school students. It's about the many parts of the human cell, and as a huge bonus, he describes his work in using centrifuges to investigate human cell components. How wonderful to have such a knowledgeable person, who writes so well, teach and discuss his technques! Dr. de Duve treats readers as very intelligent but un-informed people. There's nothing wrong with being uninformed, that's why we read books -- to become informed. This set of two books have very excellent illustrations. These two books should be textbooks for high school and freshman level biology courses.