Systems biology :  principles, methods, and concepts / 
edited by Andrzej K. Konopka 
 - Boca Raton :  CRC Press/Taylor & Francis,  2007 
 - 244 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>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.] 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780824725204 (hbk. : alk. paper)  RM196.99 0824725204 (hbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Systems biology--Handbooks, manuals, etc<br/>Biological systems--Handbooks, manuals, etc