Systems biology : principles, methods, and concepts / edited by Andrzej K. Konopka. - Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, c2007. - 244 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic concepts of systems biology / Andrzej K. Konopka -- Understanding through modeling : a historical perspective and review of biochemical systems theory as a powerful tool for systems biology / Eberhard O. Voit and John H. Schwacke -- Thermostatics : a poster child of systems thinking / Peter Salamon, Anna Salamon, and Andrzej K. Konopka -- Friesian epistemology / Kelley L. Ross -- Reconsidering the notion of the organic / Robert E. Ulanowicz -- The metaphor of "chaos" / Wlodzimierz Klonowksi -- Biological complexity : an engineering perspective / Stephen W. Kercel -- The von Neumann's self-replicator and a critique of its misconceptions / Stephen W. Kercel -- The mathematical structure of thermodynamics / Peter Salamon ... [et al.].

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Systems biology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Biological systems--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

QH313 / .S977 2007

570 / SYB