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Something a Bit Different Up For Review – The Manga Guide to Biochemistry

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Something a Bit Different Up For Review - The Manga Guide to Biochemistry 1At The Otaku’s Study, I am always looking for things a bit more unique to review – and I feel I hit a jackpot with this series. No Starch Press over the last few years have been releasing “The Manga Guide To…” series in English, where each book has a different educational aspect such as Molecular Biology, Calculus or in the case of the one I am reviewing – Biochemistry. Each of these comes equipped with both an educational component and a storyline component and is worked on by some great Japanese academics. Here is a brief blurb about the book I am reviewing this time around – and hope to be reviewing more of in the future:

Kumi loves to eat, but she’s worried that her passion for junk food is affecting her health. Determined to unlock the secrets of dieting, she enlists the help of her brainy friend Nemoto and his beautiful biochemistry professor, Dr. Kurosaka. And so it begins…

Follow along in The Manga Guide to Biochemistry as Kumi explores the mysteries of her body’s inner workings. With the help of RoboCat, the professor’s friendly endoscopic robot, you’ll soar through the incredible chemical machinery that keeps us alive and get an up-close look at biopolymers like DNA and proteins, the metabolic processes that turn our food into energy, and the enzymes that fuel our bodies’ chemical reactions.

As you dive into the depths of plant and animal cells, you’ll learn about:

  • The metabolism of substances like carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and alcohol
  • How the energy powerhouses known as mitochondria produce ATP
  • DNA transcription and the different types of RNA that work together to translate the genetic code into proteins
  • Enzyme kinetics, how they’re measured, and how enzyme inhibition works

Whether you’re a medical student, an amateur scientist, or just curious about how your body turns cupcakes into energy, The Manga Guide to Biochemistry is your key to understanding the science of life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Masaharu Takemura is an Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of Science who specializes in molecular biology and life science. A Doctor of Medical Science, he has written several books about biology.

You should be able to purchase this book from a number of bookstores or alternatively, purchase through the companies online store HERE. Give me a day or two to read through the book and consult my Biochemistry textbook and then I shall have the review up!

Sam
Sam
Founder of The Otaku's Study. I have been exploring this labyrinth of fandom these last fifteen years, and still nowhere close to the exit yet. Probably searching for a long time to come.

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