Perpustakaan UIN Jurai Siwo Lampung

One of my most exciting educational experiences was my introductory molecular biology course in graduate school. My professor used no textbook, but assigned us readings directly from the scientific literature. It was challenging, but I found it immensely satisfying to meet the challenge and understand, not only the conclusions, but how the evidence supported those conclusions.
When I started teaching my own molecular biology course, I adopted this same approach, but tried to reduce the challenge to a level more appropriate for undergradu¬ate students. I did this by narrowing the focus to the most important experiments in each article, and explaining those carefully in class. I used hand-drawn cartoons and photocopies of the figures as illustrations.
This approach worked well, and the students enjoyed it, but I really wanted a textbook that presented the con¬cepts of molecular biology, along with experiments that led to those concepts. I wanted clear explanations that showed students the relationship between the experiments and the concepts. So, I finally decided that the best way to get such a book would be to write it myself. I had already coauthored a successful introductory genetics text in which I took an experimental approach—as much as pos¬sible with a book at that level. That gave me the courage to try writing an entire book by myself and to treat the subject as an adventure in discovery.