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The science of synthesis : exploring the social implications of general systems theory /
Debora Hammond's The Science of Synthesis explores the development of general systems theory and the individuals who gathered together around that idea to form the Society for General Systems Research. In examining the life and work of the SGSR's five founding members-Ludwig von Bertalanff...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue: The quest for peace in a nuclear world
- 1. The behavioral sciences in postwar America
- Part I: The sources of systems thinking
- 2. The science of life: Organization in living systems
- 3. Engineering management, and the military-industrial complex
- 4. Cybernetics and information theory: Feedback and homeostasis
- 5. Ecology and social theory: Structure, function, and evolution
- Part II: The founders of general systems research
- 6. Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901-1972): General systems theory
- 7. The Chicago behavioral science committee
- Ralph Gerard (1900-1974)
- Anatol Rapoport (b.1911)
- James Grier Miller (b.1916)
- 8. Kenneth Boulding (1910-1993): Economics, ecology, and peace
- Part III: Evolution and evaluation
- 9. The society for general systems research: Establishment and development.