“Quite soon, as we move from genes to the proteins that they code for, and then on to the interactions between these proteins, the problems become seriously complicated.”

Denis Noble is a world-renowned biologist and Professor Emeritus and co-Director of Computational Physiology at Oxford University. Noble was one of the pioneers of Systems Biology and developed the first viable mathematical model of the working heart in 1960.

Noble has published over 350 articles in academic journals, including Nature, Science, PNA and the Journal of Physiology. His books include the first popular science book on the subject, The Music of Life, which has been translated into 12 languages.  

"His conversational style gives readers the feeling they are with him sharing in an active process of discovery." - Eric Werner, Science


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