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by dekhn 643 days ago
MBoC is more like Knuth's textbooks. It's a towering monument to the achievements of humanity over the past 150 years (molecular biology proper is less than 100 years old). As well as being highly accessible (readable).

It's done in an interesting style, with lots of direct references to current literature. I was surprised to see a recent edition on IA: https://archive.org/details/alberts-molecular-biology-of-the...