Eberhard Voit is a pioneer and leader in systems biology with a passion for education at all levels. He is Professor and David D. Flanagan Chair in Biological Systems, as well as a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He is the author of one of the leading textbooks in the field, wrote one of the first systems biology books to be published, and has written over 250 scientific articles. His research focuses on genomic, metabolic, and signalling systems with applications reaching from microbial, ecological, and plant systems to human diseases.

'Popular science books have enabled the public to gain an appreciation for advances in a variety of esoteric disciplines ranging from chaos theory to evolutionary biology. But we lack a 'fun read' for the emerging field of systems biology, which is bringing together computer scientists, physicists and biologists to figure out the complex inner workings of living cells. Eberhard O. Voit has filled that gap with his new book. Voit provides the reader with an insider's tour of systems biology, providing us [with] a sense of how this exciting field will change our lives in the coming years. Impress and challenge your book club with this new offering.' James J. Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Massachusetts

• Appetizer; Acknowledgements; 1. Status: it's complicated; 2. I'd rather be fishin'; 3. Whizzes and apparitions; 4. Why?; 5. Simply engenious!; 6. Just a little bit; 7. Supermodels; 8. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades; 9. Emergence preparedness; 10. Life without chaos?; 11. What God hath wrought!; 12. Tell me with whom you go and I'll tell you who you are; 13. Time for a change; 14. Can't we all get along?; 15. Love thyself and fight all others; 16. A billion dollars for your thoughts!; 17. The computer will see you now; 18. Redesigning perfect; 19. Let me go in the agorá!; 20. Dessert; Selected further readings and citations; Gentle jargon; Index.

Eberhard Voit is a pioneer and leader in systems biology with a passion for education at all levels. He is Professor and David D. Flanagan Chair in Biological Systems, as well as a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He is the author of one of the leading textbooks in the field, wrote one of the first systems biology books to be published, and has written over 250 scientific articles. His research focuses on genomic, metabolic, and signalling systems with applications reaching from microbial, ecological, and plant systems to human diseases.

'Popular science books have enabled the public to gain an appreciation for advances in a variety of esoteric disciplines ranging from chaos theory to evolutionary biology. But we lack a 'fun read' for the emerging field of systems biology, which is bringing together computer scientists, physicists and biologists to figure out the complex inner workings of living cells. Eberhard O. Voit has filled that gap with his new book. Voit provides the reader with an insider's tour of systems biology, providing us [with] a sense of how this exciting field will change our lives in the coming years. Impress and challenge your book club with this new offering.' James J. Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Massachusetts

• Appetizer; Acknowledgements; 1. Status: it's complicated; 2. I'd rather be fishin'; 3. Whizzes and apparitions; 4. Why?; 5. Simply engenious!; 6. Just a little bit; 7. Supermodels; 8. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades; 9. Emergence preparedness; 10. Life without chaos?; 11. What God hath wrought!; 12. Tell me with whom you go and I'll tell you who you are; 13. Time for a change; 14. Can't we all get along?; 15. Love thyself and fight all others; 16. A billion dollars for your thoughts!; 17. The computer will see you now; 18. Redesigning perfect; 19. Let me go in the agorá!; 20. Dessert; Selected further readings and citations; Gentle jargon; Index.

Eberhard Voit is a pioneer and leader in systems biology with a passion for education at all levels. He is Professor and David D. Flanagan Chair in Biological Systems, as well as a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He is the author of one of the leading textbooks in the field, wrote one of the first systems biology books to be published, and has written over 250 scientific articles. His research focuses on genomic, metabolic, and signalling systems with applications reaching from microbial, ecological, and plant systems to human diseases.

'Popular science books have enabled the public to gain an appreciation for advances in a variety of esoteric disciplines ranging from chaos theory to evolutionary biology. But we lack a 'fun read' for the emerging field of systems biology, which is bringing together computer scientists, physicists and biologists to figure out the complex inner workings of living cells. Eberhard O. Voit has filled that gap with his new book. Voit provides the reader with an insider's tour of systems biology, providing us [with] a sense of how this exciting field will change our lives in the coming years. Impress and challenge your book club with this new offering.' James J. Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Massachusetts

• Appetizer; Acknowledgements; 1. Status: it's complicated; 2. I'd rather be fishin'; 3. Whizzes and apparitions; 4. Why?; 5. Simply engenious!; 6. Just a little bit; 7. Supermodels; 8. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades; 9. Emergence preparedness; 10. Life without chaos?; 11. What God hath wrought!; 12. Tell me with whom you go and I'll tell you who you are; 13. Time for a change; 14. Can't we all get along?; 15. Love thyself and fight all others; 16. A billion dollars for your thoughts!; 17. The computer will see you now; 18. Redesigning perfect; 19. Let me go in the agorá!; 20. Dessert; Selected further readings and citations; Gentle jargon; Index.