The Science of Synthesis : Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory /: Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Debora Hammond.
• Authors: Hammond, Debora
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-1'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-ix' class='sequence-2'>Figures and Tables <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xi' class='sequence-3'>Preface to the Paperback Edition <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xiii' class='sequence-4'>Preface <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xix' class='sequence-5'>Acknowledgments <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-1' class='sequence-6'>Prologue: The Quest for Peacein a Nuclear World <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-5' class='sequence-7'>1: The Behavioral Sciences in Postwar America <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-29' class='sequence-8'>Part I: The Sources of Systems Thinking <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-31' class='sequence-9'>2: The Science of Life: Organization in Living Systems <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-49' class='sequence-10'>3: Engineering, Management, and the Military-Industrial Complex <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-63' class='sequence-11'>4: Cybernetics and Information Theory: Feedback and Homeostasis <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-77' class='sequence-12'>5: Ecology and Social Theory: Structure, Function, and Evolution <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-101' class='sequence-13'>Part II: The Founders of General Systems Research <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-103' class='sequence-14'>6: Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972): General Systems Theory <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-143' class='sequence-15'>7: The Chicago Behavioral Science Committee <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-197' class='sequence-16'>8: Kenneth Boulding (1910 –1993): Economics, Ecology, and Peace <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-243' class='sequence-17'>Part III: Evolution and Evaluation <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-245' class='sequence-18'>9: The Society for General Systems Research: Establishment and Development <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-269' class='sequence-19'>Epilogue <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-279' class='sequence-20'>Bibliography <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-297' class='sequence-21'>Index <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-313' class='sequence-22'>About the Author.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: Science -- General; Science -- System Theory
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781607320708
• Related ISBNs: 9781607320692
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