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u/Eigenwach · 7 pointsr/biology
u/hankyp · 3 pointsr/askscience

Introductory reading for biology, molecular biology and biochemistry:

Campbell biology

Molecular biology of the cell

Lehninger principles of biochemistry

u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/atheism

Brother you aren't going to learn shit from this. As a Biology major, may I suggest two excellent textbooks for you to peruse?

Campbell Biology

Evolutionary Analysis

I don't know what grade you are in, but assuming you are in high school, both of these books should be accessible. The second textbook is a college level book, but if you are at all interested in evolution, you should be able to understand and enjoy it. If you are worried about the hefty price tag, go ahead and buy either an international version or a previous edition... Editions only matter if you are taking tests.

u/mobcat40 · 3 pointsr/AskScienceDiscussion

Here's mine

To understand life, I'd highly recommend this textbook that we used at university http://www.amazon.com/Campbell-Biology-Edition-Jane-Reece/dp/0321558235/ That covers cell biology and basic biology, you'll understand how the cells in your body work, how nutrition works, how medicine works, how viruses work, where biotech is today, and every page will confront you with what we "don't yet" understand too with neat little excerpts of current science every chapter. It'll give you the foundation to start seeing how life is nothing special and just machinery (maybe you should do some basic chemistry/biology stuff on KhanAcademy first though to fully appreciate what you'll read).

For math I'd recommend doing KhanAcademy aswell https://www.khanacademy.org/ and maybe a good Algebra workbook like http://www.amazon.com/The-Humongous-Book-Algebra-Problems/dp/1592577229/ and after you're comfortable with Algebra/Trig then go for calc, I like this book http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Ron-Larson/dp/0547167024/ Don't forget the 2 workbooks so you can dig yourself out when you get stuck http://www.amazon.com/Student-Solutions-Chapters-Edwards-Calculus/dp/0547213093/ http://www.amazon.com/Student-Solutions-Chapters-Edwards-Calculus/dp/0547213107/ That covers calc1 calc2 and calc3.

Once you're getting into calc Physics is a must of course, Math can describe an infinite amount of universes but when you use it to describe our universe now you have Physics, http://www.amazon.com/University-Physics-Modern-12th/dp/0321501217/ has workbooks too that you'll definitely need since you're learning on your own.

At this point you'll have your answers and a foundation to go into advanced topics in all technical fields, this is why every university student who does a technical degree must take courses in all those 3 disciplines.

If anything at least read that biology textbook, you really won't ever have a true appreciation for the living world and you can't believe how often you'll start noticing people around you spouting terrible science. If you could actually get through all the work I mentioned above, college would be a breeze for you.

u/Kashyyykk · 1 pointr/Quebec

No, he is not technically correct and at this point you seem to be too stubborn to see my point. I was explaining the angry mob, I don't think I was especially hostile toward you in this conversation; I myself was trying to explain to you how what the MP said is wrong and why, but I might get there, your tone isn't helping.

We can demonstrate and observe evolution, it doesn't always take a million years for a species to adopt a mutation, be it natural or artificial, read about it. You're looking at evolution like a mathematician look at an equation, biology isn't looking for a formal "proof", biology’s goal is to explain how it all happened. When every single of the thousands and thousands of observations we have all direct us toward the same answer, when every scientific paper written on the subject have the same conclusions and when all the biologists agree on what might be the most important and fundamental discovery of the field, you suck it up and call it a fact, because that's what it is.

Facts don't go away after a debate, theories might change, but the rock will always fall to the ground and species will always evolve according to their environment.

Since you seem to lack in the science department, I'd recommend this read it's all the basics you need to know. There are some big science words in there so you might need a thesaurus though, if you don't know what a thesaurus is, get your dictionary and work your way up.

u/Biotruthologist · 1 pointr/biology

It probably would not be a bad idea to get some knowledge of basic biology. Biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics are probably the big three sub-disciplines you want to familiarize yourself with, but to do that you need to have a good idea of basic biology. Campell Biology is the textbook of choice for freshman biology. Molecular Biology of the Cell is a fantastic book for molecular and cellular biologists. I, unfortunately, don't know of any good books for synthetic biology itself, but these two can give you a start.

u/18milesfromaredlight · 1 pointr/IAmA

You realize that some people spend their life studying a single aspect of the question you just asked. Not a genetic master key however and outside source seems too vague a term. If you're interested there are a lot of resources just start with a college intro to biology textbook - the [one] (http://www.amazon.com/Campbell-Biology-9th-Jane-Reece/dp/0321558235/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376693419&sr=1-1&keywords=campbell+biology+9th+edition) is excellent.

u/AP_Esq · 1 pointr/WTF

Wow...them you must have been incredibly lucky. Renting from amazon is over $78 and the cheapest used current edition is over $105. http://www.amazon.com/Campbell-Biology-Edition-Jane-Reece/dp/0321558235/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345857076&sr=8-1&keywords=Campbells+biology+9th

u/Razlyk · 1 pointr/atheism

http://www.amazon.com/Campbell-Biology-Edition-Jane-Reece/dp/0321558235/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Seems like it's a pretty well-used and credible textbook for introduction into biology...

u/herpaderpo · 1 pointr/nyu

Back in my day, we used this for Gen Chem and this for Principles of Bio. Don't buy textbooks until you make it to campus because they will most likely be using an updated version. Although which edition you get won't matter for the content, it will matter for the end of chapter questions.

Good luck!