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(More customer reviews)I am a computer science professional with around 10 years of experience. I got this book to get my self started with molecular simulation for real world practical applications. although this book is titled molecular modeling and simulation, it starts with protein folding. I found reading this book extremely painful due to few reasons.
1) Author just states what she knows, but does not seem to explain them. Rather than starting from a simple scale and gradually building up, the information is presented in ad-hoc manner. The manner in which this information is presented in not in tutorial style and not even in a style that can be used for reference.
2) lots of unnecessary information - author seem to write about every thing that comes to her mind. For some one who has been in this field for long, this is acceptable, but for some one who is just starting like me, this is bit of an overload. Reader might not know what to read and what to skip.
3) The chapters are cyclic dependent. (there are references to later chapters from earlier chapters, but to read later chapters you first need to read earlier chapters). Author herself ask the reader to read some early chapters after reading later ones. This is very confusing at least for me.
For me, this book was a total waste. I am thinking of re-starting with "Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications" by A.R Leach. Although this book is bit old, it should be enough for me to get started.
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Very broad overview of the field intended for an interdisciplinary audience; Lively discussion of current challenges written in a colloquial style; Author is a rising star in this discipline; Suitably accessible for beginners and suitably rigorous for experts; Features extensive four-color illustrations; Appendices featuring homework assignments and reading lists complement the material in the main text
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