(Ebook) An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits by Uri Alon ISBN 9781439837177, 1439837171

(Ebook) An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits by Uri Alon ISBN 9781439837177, 1439837171

Thorough and accessible, this book presents the design principles of biological systems, and highlights the recurring circuit elements that make up biological networks. It provides a simple mathematical framework which can be used to understand and even design biological circuits. The text avoids specialist terms, focusing instead on several well-studied biological systems that concisely demonstrate key principles.
An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits builds a solid foundation for the intuitive understanding of general principles. It encourages the reader to ask why a system is designed in a particular way and then proceeds to answer with simplified models. (From 1-st edition).

Written for students and researchers in systems biology, the second edition of this best-selling textbook continues to offer a clear presentation of design principles that govern the structure and behavior of biological networks, highlighting simple, recurring circuit elements that make up the network. Rigorously classroom-tested, it contains new additions as well as corrections and revisions for better flow. 

Features:
- Includes seven new chapters
- The new edition has 189 exercises, the previous edition had 66
- Offers new examples relevant to human physiology and disease

The book website including course videos can be found here: https://www.weizmann.ac.il/mcb/UriAlon/introduction-systems-biology-design-principles-biological-circuits.