Textbook series
Introduction to Biology at the Molecular Level
Four volumes that take the reader from individual atoms to biomolecules working together in cells. Each is self-contained, but builds on the one before. Full-color figures are used throughout, and each PDF is free to read.
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Volume I: General Chemistry
The general chemistry needed to understand biology at the molecular level: atoms, amounts and concentrations, salts, water, covalent compounds, and acids and bases.
246 pages · full color · 8.5" × 11"
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Volume II: Organic Chemistry
The structures of carbon-based molecules, their functional groups, and the properties, interactions, and reactions that make them the raw material of life.
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Volume III: Biochemistry – Biomolecules
The major molecules of life (lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids): how each is built from smaller pieces, and how they combine.
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Volume IV: Biochemistry – Molecules at Work
How biomolecules do their jobs: binding, enzymes, molecular motion, the breakdown and build-up of metabolism, and how cells turn genetic information into proteins.
