Alistair J. Lax

Covering a large amount of ground concisely but well, this is a very interesting introduction to toxinology, covering the different types of toxin, their modes of action and the history of the field.

It was this last part that interested me the most when I started reading the book, and it made the people who are name checked in my biology text books into living breathing people.

I was also delighted by the last chapter which helped tie everything together and gave a sense of the science moving forward.

The proper bibliography was also pleasant and meant that I could look up the papers that interested me.

The reason for the 1/2 a star deduction is the writing style for some of the signaling pathway section which I felt was too dry for what is supposed to be a general science book. Had it gone into more detail, this would have been fine, but at the level it was at it made those sections drag, which is a shame as I am very interested in cell signaling.… (plus d'informations)