The Immune System,   ISBN:9780815341468

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This product was still wrapped in plastic when I received it. It is in wonderful condition and was cheeper than buying it at my college bookstore.

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I am glad this book (3rd edition) was chosen for the Immunology course in my university. The main point I want to highlight is that it is a serious book for dedicated people. I felt with this book I was "in good hands", as it covers everything you may want to know about Immunology. I would say that target audience for this book is someone who doesn't have any knowledge of the subject, but is eager to have a thorough, solid understanding of it. It's not the lightest introductory book on Immunology--but it is a very good one. Like a smart and caring professor, it carefully leads you in every concept and wants to teach you as much as possible. That is to say, chapters are quite heavy on the material, but author does a great job at breaking down the concepts into separate paragraphs. Author occasionally uses summaries within the chapter, which I found to be extremely helpful to lock in the concepts. There is also a summary at the end of each chapter. If you will remember most of the material from this book, you can sure proudly call yourself an Immunologist!

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I used this text when I was a student in Undergrad, our exams for my course were essay format. The author has broken down all of the chapters into small key points rather than writing 20 key points in one gigantic chapter which would be frustrating to decipher where one point stops and another begins. I found the illustrations extremely helpful in that they summed up the main point of a topic in the caption, so if you were ever pressed on time and needed to know the key points, you could essentially study the illustrations and understand what was written in the paragraph. I have the older edition and I'm sure you can get most of your information from that for an undergraduate course. I also was required to read this book for medical school for our immunity/infection course. However, if you've read through it enough and understood it, you don't need to read it again. I would hands down buy this book and recommend it to any student at any level needing to understand immunology. Just be aware, the order of the chapters in this book will not be the same as most professors teach it. If you can get past that minor detail - you'll LOVE this book!

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I'm an electrical engineer, so I dont have good fundations on biology, however, this book unlike others, explain immunology very well, from the basics to the more advanced topics, the images, the figures, everything is really intend for an ignorant like me, to get precious knowledge. I really recomend it!

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It's a textbook about the immune system, so how excited can I be? That said it's very straightforward, clear illustrations, and it repeats key points so that they are easier to learn.
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