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Tools for Thought:

How to Understand and Apply the Latest Scientific Techniques of Problem Solving
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Basic Books, 1977 - Science - 250 pages
Drawing on general systems theory, operations research, cybernetics, futures research, and catastrophe theory, a distinguished geneticist provides the general reader with tools for perceiving and solving today's complex economic, social, and ecological pr

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Introduction
11
Complexity
30
Complex Shapes
38
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Downloadable (with restrictions)! Author(s): Curnow, RN. 1979 Abstract: No abstract is available for this item
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Tools for Thought, ch Waddington This was the first book I know of that was aimed at explaining complex systems to regular folks. ...
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it in his book Tools for Thought (1979). They break with habitual modes of. thinking. ..... Tools for Thought. Basic Books, London. Robert L. Flood ...
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About the author (1977)

C. H. Waddington (1905-1975) was a world-class biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist, and philosopher. He is credited with helping to create the field of systems biology. He is the author of numerous books, including New Patterns in Genetics and Development, Principles of Development and Differentiation, and The Ethical Animal.

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