Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Grant's Atlas of Anatomy by A. M. R. Agur, Ming J. Lee, J. C. Boileau Grant ISBN: 0-683-30264-7 Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Pub. Date: 15 August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $64.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.69 (13 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A very mediocre book. There are far better choices.
Comment: I am a dental student taking gross anatomy, and like some of the folks who posted reviews below, my anatomy professor listed Grant's as the text to be used for the course. Put simply, Netters is a vastly better atlas, particularly for someone who has never taken gross anatomy before.
My issues with Grant's are many, ranging from the drawings to the way the index is organized. From start to finish, the book has some serious shortcomings which create substantial inconveniences for a new anatomy student.
Many of the drawings in Grant's atlas are far more lifelike than they are explanatory. It is almost as if the illustrator's intent was to show what one would see when dissecting, rather than explain what is what and where it is. This is particularly evident when dealing with the head/neck region (which, unfortunately, is a complicated area we focus on heavily) and the routes of the cranial nerves. The small footnotes at the bottom of the pages are almost useless, as it is difficult to determine what specifically they are referring to. There are very few boldfaced references (such as those you'd see in a cell biology textbook) that allow you to quickly locate a description of the item you're trying to understand in the picture, hence, you find yourself having to read the entire thing. Netters has almost no text, yet the drawings are done in a way that clearly explain what's going on, thus no need for text.
Another serious issue with the Grant's is the index. The major entries are not in boldface text. This is such a small detail (it wouldn't have cost them a cent more to make) that makes locating things much quicker. For example, there are hundreds of items under the entry "Nerves", yet "Nerves" is not in bold-faced text. That is inexcusable, considering the fact that most of the structures we study are muscles, nerves, arteries, fascias, processes, fossas, i.e. things that must be found under major entries. Believe it or not, it makes finding a topic in the index a real hassle. There's nothing to distinguish major entries from the items found beneath them, except for the indentation.
Although some of the problems with Grant's are small, they cause problems when you have to repeatedly deal with them. Anatomy is tough enough as is without having inconveniences from your atlas. On occasion, you'll find a picture in Grant's that is more descriptive than Netter's, but rarely. In general, Grant's is a lowsy book, which should be used only as a supplement to Netters in cases where you want a more lifelike picture.
Rating: 5
Summary: Grants Atlas of Anatomy
Comment: Comparisons are often made between Netter's Atlas and Grant's. Both are highly useful in the laboratory and for at home study. However, Grant's is clearly superior in the completeness of its treatment of what is really useful knowledge for the professional student. This is quite evident in the treatment of the head and neck where views that make learning of these two regions well are present in Grant's but absent in Netter's. For example, the posterior pharyngeal region in Netter is very incompletely represented. Further, the inclusion of various radiological modalities, comprehensive treatment of all regions, presentation of anomalies and structe from several different views, and descriptions accompanying the figures in Grant's Atlas are superior virtually absent in Netter's Atlas. Although Netter's illustrations are as accurate as are Grant's, and are all works of art, they are often overlabeled and, above all, do not represent well what the student is going to see in cadaver dissection as does Grants. I think that another competitor of Grant's Atlas, the Rohen and Yokochi atlas, is also a good atlas, provided you don't suffer from astigmatism and have to deal with the white labels used in this atlas to identify structures. Like Grants, however, this atlas shows the cadaver as it really is in the laboratory.
Rating: 1
Summary: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY -- BUY NETTER
Comment: Having just completed my first semester of medical school, I can confidently say Netter is far and away the better anatomy atlas for the student of Gross Anatomy. Grant's atlas is poorly organized, not as well drawn, not as detailed, and actually leaves out certain parts of the human anatomy (unless the lack of organization was the culprit in my inability to find certain things). My entire class despises Grant's atlas. Please, don't waste your money. Buy a Netter atlas.
 |
Title: Grant's Dissector by Eberhardt K. Sauerland, J. C. Boileau Grant ISBN: 0683307398 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers Pub. Date: 15 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $41.95 |
 |
Title: Clinically Oriented Anatomy by Keith L. Moore, Arthur F. Dalley ISBN: 0683061410 Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Pub. Date: 15 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $68.95 |
 |
Title: Langman's Medical Embryology with Simbryo CD-ROM, Ninth Edition by Thomas Sadler ISBN: 0781743109 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers Pub. Date: 26 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $52.95 |
 |
Title: Essential Clinical Anatomy by Keith L. Clinically Oriented Anatomy Moore, Anne M. R. Agur ISBN: 0781728304 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers Pub. Date: 15 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
 |
Title: Histology: A Text and Atlas by Michael H. Ross, Gordon I. Kaye, Wojciech Pawlina, Mark I. Twain ISBN: 0683302426 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $57.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
