Month: February 2014

Authors: William S. Klug, Michael R. Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer, and Michael A. Palladino Publisher: Pearson – 742 pages Book Review by: Deekay Daulat Note: This book comes packed with MasteringGenetics with eText Online Access Card This book is known for the authors’ emphasis on problem solving. This approach goads students to use their newly-acquired knowledge and skills to find solutions to problems they will face in their careers. Four features of this textbook set it apart from others on genetics: Conceptual Understanding – the book’s conceptual focus emphasizes the fundamental ideas of genetics, helping students comprehend and remember...

Author: Cindy L. Stanfield, BS, PhD Publisher: Pearson – 782 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This textbook is designed to enable you the student to understand the core concepts of human physiology and to learn, understand and apply key physiological processes. The author Cindy Stanfield also planned for the book to provide to you “a solid, comprehensive, and current overview of the field.” Stanfield also indicates in the Preface that some of the goals for this fifth edition are to provide: A direct and precise writing style A clear and illuminating art program designed to maximize student learning...

Author: Bruce L. Miller, MD. Contemporary Neurology Series Editor: Sid Gilman, MD, FRCP Publisher: Oxford University Press – 180 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Frontotemporal Dementia (commonly referred to as FTD) was initially called Pick’s Disease, and was also associated in some ways with Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Bruce Miller writes at the outset about his initial interest in studying FTD in 1983 while working with two mentors: D. Frank Benson and Jeffrey Cummings. He writes that they taught him how to evaluate patients with dementia, and how to diagnose and separate those who had Alzheimer’s disease from those...

Authors: Jeff Hardin, Ph.D; Gregory Bertoni, Ph.D; Lewis J. Kleinsmith, Ph.D Publisher: Pearson – 793 pages Book Review by: Deekay Daulat This is a textbook on cell biology applications, concepts and processes. It is based on many years of the authors’ teaching introductory cell biology courses at the undergraduate college level. The book has a strong basis in biochemistry, and is written in clear language, something that is rare in academic works. The authors of this book declare at the beginning of this book in the Preface that they are very much interested in helping you, the undergraduate student...

Author: Richard W. Hertle, MD and Louis F. Dell’Osso, PhD Publisher: Oxford University Press – 323 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Nystagmus, as explained in Wikipedia, is a condition of involuntary eye movement, acquired in infancy or later in childhood, that may result in reduced or limited vision. Due to the involuntary movement of the eye, it is often called “Dancing Eyes”. That source explains that when the head rotates about any axis, distant visual images are sustained by rotating eyes in the opposite direction on the respective axis. The semicircular canals in the vestibule sense angular momentum....