The best way to understand and model complex systems is to obtain detailed information about their behavior. Biologists have developed many ways to obtain information about the workings of a cell. Some of these methods are clever and intricate, and many methods collect indirect evidence of behavior. I will start by discussing the most natural of these methods—the microscope—because, as Yogi Berra is reputed to have said, “you can observe a lot by just watching.” For many purposes, the best way to study a cell is to look at it through a microscope.
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(2007). Looking at Very Small Things. In: A Computer Scientist's Guide to Cell Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48278-1_3
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