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01-02-2020 | Book Review
Myron Yanoff and Jay S. Duker: Ophthalmology, Fifth Edition
2018, pp. 1440, Hardcover ISBN: 9780323528191, Elsevier
Author:
Oliver Zeitz
Published in:
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Issue 2/2020
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Excerpt
The 5th edition of the more than two decades well-known ophthalmology textbook by Yanoff and Duker has been published in 2018. The dimensions of the high-quality printed hardcover book already implicate that this book has the ambition to be a weighty contribution to literature in ophthalmology. Per the preface, the editors strive for good readability rather than for an encyclopedic book. While the hardcover due to its size is inconvenient to read, the editors’ ambition is achieved by the handy e-book version. Luckily, the hard-cover version includes a complimentary subscription to an enhanced digital version, which is accessible through the Inkling app. A classical e-book is also available for major e-book readers at a comparable price than the hardcover version. …