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Title: For those who like to be talked down to
Review: This book does an OK job of explaining basic physiological concepts. I say OK for two reasons:1. The author talks to you as though you are a five year-old. Although maybe a cute literary tool at first, this quickly becomes irritating and eventually makes you want to throw the book in disgust.2. Only a surface level discussion is presented, with very important concepts merely alluded to as opposed to going into sufficient detail. The two most glaring examples for me are the poor discussion of action potentials, and the non-existent discussion of G-protein linked receptors, and subsequent second messengers. In fact, the final exam at the end of the book mentions second messengers as an answer option, despite never being mentioned prior. I guess the author initially included such things, but threw them out to fit in more obnoxious baby talk.There is no reason for this book unless you want a quick refresher on basic concepts. Serious students beware.
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