Janeway's Immunobiology 8th Edition

There are already many comments on the content, but I wanted to speak to the format of the Kindle Version. First and foremost, the Kindle version is a "print" format which means it will not work on the black-and-white Kindles -- not even the new Kindle Paperwhite. It needs to render images so only the Kindle Fire series, PCs, MACs, and iPad are supported. I don't know why the Android systems are not supported -- it might be a licensing thing.Even though this textbook is in "print" format, you will still be able to interact with the text -- highlight words, phrases or sentences; use the dictionary; and even add bubble notes.Zoomed all the way out, the Kindle version looks exactly like the print version. The added features are more like PDF files -- you can do a search, copy text and paste from it, highlight, and as already mentioned, add notes (in a bubble style like in Adobe).I bought the physical printed version and the Kindle version at the same time...after a few days pondering the pros/cons of print versus ebook, I returned the printed version, and committed to the Kindle version. Since I'm an Android tablet user, I'm tied to my home computer or laptop when I want to read, but this is no major inconvenience.I have four graduate level classes this semester, and no physical textbooks. This is the lightest my backpack has ever been.

Phew! This book is not for the faint-of-heart. I used this as a textbook for an introductory immunology course, and reading each chapter was quite a difficult, but educational, endeavor. I get the feeling that it was designed to be used more as a reference for physicians and immunologists, and it would be good for that purpose since each chapter can stand alone fairly well (in other words, good for the reader who has already taken a good course in immunology). There is tremendous attention to detail with this book. It is very dense, and although there is repetition from chapter-to-chapter (necessary to bring the full picture together), not a sentence is wasted. The figures are consistent and for the most part, well-done.Immunology is just not an easy subject to present, so I can't fault this book for its presentation of the material. It did just as fine a job of that as I think any book could. I did use a simpler supplemental book to help me understand the subject, which was excellent!! That book is How the Immune System Works, Includes Desktop Edition (Wiley Desktop Editions). If someone is looking to get a more cursory education of the immune system, I would certainly recommend THAT book, and certainly not THIS book.For what it is though, this is certainly a winner of a textbook.

As strange of a thing as it is to say, I absolutely loved this textbook. I bought it for my PhD Immunology class and qualifying exams afterward even though it wasn't a required text. The figures are excellent and easy to understand, and the textbook has as much detail as I wanted and more. The intro chapter alone is thorough and puts many of the topics in perspective with relation to each other. The book heavily focuses on adaptive and innate systems, and though it is wordy, it didn't feel difficult to read.I bought it used from Amazon, and although the cover was a little bent (since it was paperback), all in all it was in excellent shape.

This is a good book by a famous author.

This is well written, easy to read and easy to follow. Each chapter starts with a summary of the material to be covered. The subchapters do the same and finish with a summary. Finally a chapter summary ties it all together. There are numerous easy to understand illustrations. As a physician who completed medical school in 84 I found the book to be very informative and loaded with new concepts. My son is using this book instead of the one recommended for his Immunology course at U of Central FL.

I was heavily reliant on this book for an immunology course I took as an elective, and while I am impressed by the amount of research and effort that went into this textbook, I wasn't impressed by the presentation of the content. Sure, this book is very detailed, and its scientific journal-like diction helped me a lot when it came down to reading scientific literature, but the material was written in a very convoluted way. It seemed like this was meant for a group of students who were already versed in the topic of immunology,somewhat, and not for people who like me were new to the subject. In some chapters the book would begin talking about one system, move on another system and then loop back around to the first system. Chapter divisions were really nice and so were the summaries because it is very hard to skim over this text to review or look for pertinent information. Some information that took 3 pages to explain were was already evident in a preceding diagram, and could have been summarized onto a single page. I definitely learned a lot from reading the book and the illustrations were great, but I felt that getting through a 50 page chapter took a lot of caffeine and will power- that stuff is dense!

Drown yourself in Immunobiology CARTOONS!Curious thing is that this was shipped to us from INDIA,still in the original plastic wrapper. It was sold as USED/EXCELLENT CONDITION.Apparently in India, the Swamis are able to read booksvia senscient osmosis: they touch it and absorb its contentsthrough their holy fingers.But for real: It's a lot of crap--they buy the books to look educatedand don't read them-just stick em in a drawer to eventually sell onAmazon to REAL READERS LIKE ME.