This book, in my opinion, is a true masterpiece. How the authors manage to stay abreast of contemporary research, and condense it into such a concise and insightful presentation is staggering to me.

It *is* a complicated book, designed for a medical student or advanced/graduate biology audience, so the reviews complaining about the level of presentation should be taken with a grain of salt. That said, the complexity of the underlying material is presented brilliantly, and after reading through a section, it is remarkable how the authors make such material seem obvious. As I noted, the authors clearly have spent a lot of time and effort in the literature, and condensing this down into the material of the book. So you will not run into (as I have not infrequently seen) books reflecting material that has been invalidated or modified due to research.

Each of the main physiological organ systems are covered in depth, along with a very well done (if not extensive) summary of cellular physiology, metabolism, and biology. Topics are broken down into manageable pieces, and key points are emphasized. This "building block" approach to presentation is one of the reasons it ultimately seems so clear and obvious. The material heavily utilizes well-thought out graphics and summary tables, which clearly emphasize point. The graphics in my mind are a particularly strong point of this book.

I have yet to investigate the online support for the book, so I cannot provide a review with respect to this aspect.

Finally, I'd like to point out in these days of grotesque textbook price inflation (currently multiples of the inflation rate) and monopolistic abuses by textbook companies, this book is a remarkable deal. It is a very large-scope textbook, but is a truly amazing deal for less than $100. Standard textbooks of far inferior nature, but of similar ambition, will run $200-300 or more.

This probably sounds like an obsequious review or a review by an insider, but this is one of my favorite books, and I cannot recommend it high enough. If you need one physiology book, this one is it.

If you are looking for a physiology/ pathology book look no further. Combine this with either Robbins pathology ( the full text) or cecil and you have enough information to last you 20 years. The book is detailed... I will say that ahead of time. I will also say that I'm currently in PA school and it's just the right amount of detail. You have to know how to get in it, get what you need, and shut it again. I highly recommend this book over guyton, and I would recommend it as much as I would the costanzo physiology. Truly amazing.

A masterpiece. One of, if not, the best resource for gaining an in-depth, comprehensive understanding of physiology. Boron and Boulpaep dive into subjects with shrewd precision, helping the student follow each principle from its basic fundamentals to its wider practical applications. I would advise this book more as a reference rather than a chapter-by-chapter reading textbook, only because the sheer volume of information provided is difficult to get through in a normal semester. Believe you me, if time permitted, this would be the only textbook I used for medical physiology. Highly recommended for any physiology medical student or even those taking physiology outside of medical school.

Without a doubt the best Physiology textbook ever written. Ask any physiology professor, and they will point to this book as their go-to reference before giving a lecture. No hand-wavy explanations. No glossing over important details. No ambiguous wording. Numerous high quality figures. The price is also extraordinarily low for a textbook of this size and quality.

My only criticism applies to the Kindle version, which, while excellent in its own right, does not contain actual page numbers. This is more an indictment of universities, which still have not embraced the Kindle and insist on issuing reading assignments in terms of page numbers rather than chapter and heading.

This textbook is very comprehensive, very detailed yet surprisingly easy to read, lots of graphs and figures that are well explained. I bought it for an online advanced physiology course and found it met my needs fully, both as a textbook and a reference book. There is just something great about a full, comprehensive textbook, chuckfull of information, that you really miss out on if you only buy the thin 'review' books, as good as those might be. This book is an excellent reference book for physicians and other medical professionals. The online access works well, the whole book is online and I've been able to read it on my 7" android tablet, but am having problems with the tiny size of the pictures. Have to download pictures/tables etc. and view them as a picture attachment to get a good zoom. There are also a number of review questions accessible online which I have not tried yet. Overall, I highly recommend this textbook.

This is hardcore medical physiology. I'd recommend Costanzo's "Physiology" for a more systematic understanding and this book as a reference if you want to delve deeper. Of course, I'm only saying this from the perspective of my undergraduate course. It may be that graduate school physiology courses really do go into the depth that this book goes into.

The best one in this area, the only concern is that it is not friendly to absolute beginners, you have to hold some fundamental knowledge of this area. But I still suggest everyone to have this book, in case you can read it in the future, you will love it!