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Author: Robert R. Crichton (Unite de Biochimie, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint: Elsevier Science Ltd
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.950kg
ISBN: 9780444537829
ISBN 10: 0444537821
Pages: 472
Publication Date: 07 February 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9780128117415
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
At first blush, inorganic biochemistry might sound like an oxymoron, but that is not the case here.Crichton's book will be useful resource for students or researchers who want to understand the exciting world of inorganic biochemistry. --CHOICE, October 2012, Vol. 50, No. 02 Robert Crichton has blended an element-centric approach to the subject with a biological thread that is engaging and helpful in exploring the topics in detail. The text is both accessible and detailed, but pitched at undergraduate level. --Chemistry World
Crichton.offers this detailed and extensively illustrated text on inorganic components of biochemistry. Three introductory chapters explain the basic importance of metals in biology and orient biologists to coordination chemistry and chemists to molecular biology, respectively. General features of metal function are covered, including common ligands, their role in metabolism, assimilation and transport, and methods of study. --Reference & Research Book News, December 2013 At first blush, inorganic biochemistry might sound like an oxymoron, but that is not the case here.Crichton's book will be useful resource for students or researchers who want to understand the exciting world of inorganic biochemistry. --CHOICE, October 2012, Vol. 50, No. 02 Robert Crichton has blended an element-centric approach to the subject with a biological thread that is engaging and helpful in exploring the topics in detail. The text is both accessible and detailed, but pitched at undergraduate level. --Chemistry World
The writing of my colleague Bob Crichton is simply exquisite, clear and precise, yet light and pleasant...every chapter is a little story about the metal under consideration, with the hardcore chemistry and biochemical principles alternating with interesting anecdotes and beautiful illustrations and figures. I recommend [the book] wholeheartedly to students or researchers involved in chemistry, biochemistry, biology and medicine, and to anyone else who wishes to have a first contact with inorganic biochemistry. It is a must, and no lecture course in this area can afford not to use it. --Professor Istvan E. Marko, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Author Information
Dr. Robert R. Crichton is an Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Science, Universite Catholique de Louvain in the new town of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, where he taught biochemistry to students of chemistry, biology and veterinary medicine and directed the Biochemistry Unit. He has published over two hundred scientific articles and since 1985 has organized over twenty Advanced Courses on Metals in Biology in Louvain-la-Neuve, training over 1300 doctoral and post-doctoral students, many of whom are today leaders in this field. The Second and Third Editions of Biological Inorganic Chemistry: An Introduction to Molecular Structure and Function received the 2013 and 2019 TEXTY Textbook Excellence Awards in Physical Sciences respectively from the Text and Academic Authors Association.
