Book description
Systems biology is a relatively new biological study field that
focuses on the systematic study of complex interactions in biological
systems, thus using a new perspective (integration instead of
reduction) to study them. Particularly from year 2000 onwards, the
term is used widely in the biosciences, and in a variety of contexts.
Systems biology is the study of the interconnected aspect of
molecular, cellular, tissue, whole animal and ecological processes,
and comprises mathematical and mechanistic studies of dynamical,
mesoscopic, open, spatiotemporally defined, nonlinear, complex systems
that are far from thermodynamic equilibrium.
Containing a unique selection of new and updated, high-quality
articles from the well-known Meyer's Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell
Biology and Molecular Medicine, this two-volume handbook is an
essential guide for students and researchers wishing to get an
overview of the field.
Robert A. Meyers
obtained his Ph. D. in Chemistry at the University of California at Los
Angeles. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the California Institute of
Technology and has more than 17 patents, 50 technical papers and 12
books to his name. As Editor-in-Chief he conceived and edited several
ambitious multivolume reference works, e. g. the Encyclopedia of
Analytical Chemistry
(Wiley), the Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine
(Wiley-VCH) and the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology
(Academic Press).
