Online books biology/biochemistry

[Kurret]

Does anyone have any online introduction books in molecular biology or biochemistry (pref in .pdf)? I have searched but didnt manage to find any. Its not for any specific course, i just want to learn about it on my own.

 

[Monique]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=books

 

[Ygggdrasil]

Within the NCBI books, Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts et al. and Stryer's biochemistry books are excellent resources on molecular/cell biology and biochemistry, respectively. Here are the links to the tables of contents:

Alberts
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=mboc4.TOC&depth=2

Stryer
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?&rid=stryer

Unfortunately, NCBI won't let you navigate using the table of contents. Instead, you have to use the search feature to find the relevant sections of the books.

 

[Cincinnatus]

Alberts is perhaps the standard text for molecular biology students. "baby Alberts" is perhaps better for an introduction though... Look for it in a university library if there's one around it's called "Essential Cell Biology" and has I think all the same authors as the larger book.

I don't know if it's actually a better book for you but it might be, depending on what you want to learn...

 

[Kurret]

Thanks for the replies! I found this site too:
http://freebiologybooks.blogspot.com/
This site has loads of books, all in .pdf format. Most of the links doesn't work, but some actually do.