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11/4/2025 5:46:05 PM EDT
he's has a masters electrical engineering & minor in physics and loves learning.

what are some good books to look at for gifting?

thanks; usually someone here has a decent grasp of this stuff,,
11/4/2025 6:06:47 PM EDT
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It really depends on what is already know and what he wants to learn. Cell biology is so broad and vast. For cell, best advise is to find a used textbook like Pollard's Cell Biology. Once general concepts are introduced, fall down a Wikipedia hole clicking links until something interests him, then find lit review papers to read on Pubmed
11/4/2025 10:37:26 PM EDT
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Paleontologist is biology of dead stuff, on a scale at which evolution is readily visible.

Get him "Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History" by Stephen Jay Gould.
11/6/2025 7:45:47 AM EDT
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thanks for that recommendation.

any good cellular biology books that aren't Woke?
11/6/2025 9:04:40 AM EDT
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I haven't read any that ARE woke. There may be some where people are trying to push an agenda, I haven't read them, and I'm sure they'd be easy to spot and avoid, but for the vast majority, the science is dry, boring and to the point. There are no trans cells, no LGBTQ enzymes, no people of color organelles.
11/6/2025 5:04:00 PM EDT
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I haven't read any that ARE woke. There may be some where people are trying to push an agenda, I haven't read them, and I'm sure they'd be easy to spot and avoid, but for the vast majority, the science is dry, boring and to the point. There are no trans cells, no LGBTQ enzymes, no people of color organelles.
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any thoughts on this book- Essential Cell Biology 4th Edition by Alberts, Bray, Hopkin and Johnson
11/7/2025 12:13:58 PM EDT
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any thoughts on this book- Essential Cell Biology 4th Edition by Alberts, Bray, Hopkin and Johnson
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I haven't used it but on cursory review it looks like a good textbook and has good reviews
11/7/2025 5:32:26 PM EDT
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thanks
11/25/2025 11:01:16 PM EDT
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I think Alberts was the book my class used in cell biology a number of years ago in college.

(BS in Biology, Chem minor)
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