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Nature 446, 493-494 (29 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446493a; Published online 28 March 2007

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Three authors present very different views of the developing field of systems biology.

BOOK REVIEWEDLife: An Introduction to Complex Systems Biology

by Kunihiko Kaneko

Springer: 2006. 383 pp. £61.50, $99

BOOK REVIEWEDAn Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits

by Uri Alon

Chapman & Hall: 2006. 320 pp. £28.99

BOOK REVIEWEDSystems Biology: Properties of Reconstructed Networks

by Bernhard Palsson

Cambridge University Press: 2006. 334 pp. £35, $75

The authors of three books profess to give an introduction to systems biology, but each takes a very different approach. Such divergence might be expected from a field that is still emerging and broad in scope.