Color Atlas of Physiology

by Agamemnon Despopoulos and Stefan Silbernagl

Book Overview

The seventh edition of this classic atlas makes mastering large amounts of complex information much easier. It provides a thorough review of everything medical students need to know to pass their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865773823
• ISBN13: 9780865773820
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Can't live without it.

This and it's companion book on Pathophysiology are the best investments I have made since entering medical school. The illustrations are great (and the diagrams set a standard that neither Guyton or Boron and Boulep can match) , but it's Silbernagl's presentation that makes them so amazing. I'm constantly finding new layers of information that I missed even after 4 or 5 passes. Buy Boron for this year's theories and break throughs, but this is the book you will be returning to.

state-of-the-art

What makes this book a state-of-the-art is not its content, but the manner in which it's presented. Each subject only occupies one page of text, & opposite is a page for illustrations. But it's not the illustrations that explains the text, but rather the text that explains the illustrations (a method created by Leonardo da Vinci). This not only helps in recalling of the subject, but also helps in sustaining an interest in it. An ingenious beautiful book.

An outstanding quick reference

I teach Physiology at University and this book is my first port of call in areas in which I am not an expert. It is the easiest way to jog my memory as the index is good, the text is concise and the figures add a lot to my understanding. The only trouble is that it is getting a little old, so although it is great for most of the basics, it lacks a bit of detail on signal transduction pathways etc

Simply the best physiology handbook ever published

This pocket manual is an envaluable reference tool. All experimental physiologists, biochemists and pharmacologists should own a copy of this color atlas. It is extremely well illustrated, clear and simple, but at the same way complete and deep in summarizing every aspect of human physiology. I can not recall any other full size book that is comparable to is one for the huge amount of information, written and illustrated. More precisely, there is no equivalent to this book in any other branches of biomedical sciences. We hope that the booklet will be periodically updated, also to honor the memory of its main author and revisor, Professor A. Despopoulos.

The captain went down with his ship.

I would like to thank Agamemnon Despopoulos for this AWESOME physiology text. Wonderful color plates on the RHS with emphasis of loops annd their dynamic cyclic rhythms or processes (make for very good slides). Text of three varying sizes on the LHS moving deeper into every detail with reducing text size - HYPERTEXT in a book. WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME. NOT ONLY AN EXCELLENT PHYSIOLOGY TEXT BOOK BUT ALSO A MODEL TEXT FOR EFFICENT DATA / CONCEPT TRANSFER.