BIMM118 - Textbooks

Unfortunately, there is no perfect textbook for BIMM118, as most pharmacology texts are aimed at students in medical schools, schools of pharmacy etc., and are consequently far beyond the scope of BIMM118.
Therefore, no textbook is required (all lecture notes will be posted on this website and are available for download).
Those student whose interest in pharmacology is so deep that they wish to own a book can find below a (by far not complete) list of the most popular pharmacology books (in descending order of comprehensiveness and difficulty [in the personal opinion of the instructor]):

	The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 11th Edition Joel G. Hardman, PhD Lee E. Limbird, PhD Alfred Goodman Gilman, MD, PhD The "Bible of Pharmacology"! The book of choice for hopeful MDs and PharmDs. Very comprehensive and challenging!
	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology Bertram G. Katzung, MD (Editor) Also a great choice for prospective MDs, but overkill for BIMM118 alone (requires strong knowledge of medical terminology)
	Human Pharmacology: Molecular to Clinical Theodore M. Brody, PhD Joseph Larner, MD, PhD Kenneth P Minneman, PhD Outstanding textbook, well illustrated. A bit beyond the scope of BIMM118, but nevertheless a good choice.
	Pharmacology, 6th Edition Humphrey P Rang Maureen M Dale James M Ritter Rod Flower Probably the best text for BIMM118. Contains also a lot more material than can be covered in the course, but is very well illustrated and is easy to follow.
	Color Atlas of Pharmacology, 2nd edition Heinz Lüllmann, MD Klaus Mohr, MD Albrecht Ziegler, PhD Detlef Bieger, MD NOT a textbook, but an outstanding resource to gain an overview of pharmacology and to review the discipline (e.g. before exams).