Molecular Biology of the Cell vs What mad pursuit: Which Should You Read?

Molecular Biology of the Cell Bruce Alberts · 1983 ★★★★☆ 4.4 1464 pages · ≈ 27 h 07 m · Challenging

"As the amount of information in biology expands dramatically, it becomes increasingly important for textbooks to distill the vast amount of scientific knowledge into concise principles and enduring concepts. As with…

What mad pursuit Francis Crick · 1988 ★★★★☆ 3.8 182 pages · ≈ 3 h 22 m · Moderate

This is a personal account of what it is like to do science, by Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the double helical structure of DNA. The book is autobiographical, but focuses primarily on events that had an impact on…