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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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An accessible introduction to how systems theory and cybernetics can give us tools for understanding processes in the biological and social world written by a biologist. The book that first got me itnerested in undsrstanding complex systems. Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
15
Complexity
30
Complex Shapes
38
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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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TitleTools for Thought: How to Understand and Apply the Latest Scientific Techniques of Problem Solving
AuthorConrad Hal Waddington
Editionillustrated
PublisherBasic Books, 1977
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized12 Aug 2008
ISBN0465086233, 9780465086238
Length250 pages
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Science / System Theory
  
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