<p>I am curious as to what do you think are the best, renowned textbooks for the following subjects in your opinion. There are those books that comes into mind that the top universities will use as their best and ultimate resource for the subject. Now I understand that there may not be one single textbook to teach a subject, but there is one that comes into everyone's mind that has really made it the most useful teaching utility. Thus, I would like to know of the following subjects, what names/authors can you provide me on the following subjects:</p>
<p>I'm just curious, are you on the "pre-med" track[core-courses etc.]? also I thought that pharmacology was a full 5+year program and that you couldnt take an invididual course for a few semesters on it; if you can, thats cool because im still not sure if i want to major in medicine or pharmacy</p>
<p>A+P/Path - Gray's anatomy - great resource - some use as a text but.....
Pharm - PDR - Physicians desk reference - not a text - but again excellent resource that med/nursing students will be using - (pharmacology is different from Pharmacy major)</p>
<p>For organic chemistry, Pushing Electrons (3rd ed) by Daniel Weeks. This one is not necessarily a textbook, but rather a supplement. However it did a far better job in refreshing my memory on Lewis dot structures, teaching how to determine formal charges, resonance structures, etc...</p>
<p>My textbook Organic Chemistry (6th ed) by John C. McMurray does a good job at explaining things. Chapters are divided into very small sections that explain concepts without being wordy. In addition, the illustrations are pretty helpful.</p>
<p>I've also heard that Organic Chemistry as a Second Language was a popular supplement for o-chem. Can anyone agree or comment on this?</p>
<p>Organic Chemistry as a Second Language is definitely a good resource. It's all that got me through Orgo. A minor complaint is that it does nothing with spectroscopy, which we covered in depth in organic chem I.</p>