Tools for Thought: How to Understand and Apply the Latest Scientific Techniques of Problem SolvingDrawing 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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If the revolution goes the whole way round, 3600, it of course returns to where it
was before, but if the whole turn is completed in two steps, the first half-turn of
1800 would produce another hook. And one could also produce symmetrical ...
If the revolution goes the whole way round, 3600, it of course returns to where it
was before, but if the whole turn is completed in two steps, the first half-turn of
1800 would produce another hook. And one could also produce symmetrical ...
Page 152
1 2 3 □ D D a -Pi 13 0 3 LD a D LD F1g. 9b.9 Then one might try putting in some
left turns, instead of right ones. Who would have guessed that if we went on to the
next stage in the sequence above, that with nine steps with 900 turns, which ...
1 2 3 □ D D a -Pi 13 0 3 LD a D LD F1g. 9b.9 Then one might try putting in some
left turns, instead of right ones. Who would have guessed that if we went on to the
next stage in the sequence above, that with nine steps with 900 turns, which ...
Page 167
He has to consider what would be the gains to him according to the various
moves the planner might make. Again, to play safe he should express a priority
for flats of the degree corresponding to the place where the two lines cross. This
turns ...
He has to consider what would be the gains to him according to the various
moves the planner might make. Again, to play safe he should express a priority
for flats of the degree corresponding to the place where the two lines cross. This
turns ...
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| Title | Tools for Thought: How to Understand and Apply the Latest Scientific Techniques of Problem Solving |
| Author | Conrad Hal Waddington |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0465086233, 9780465086238 |
| Length | 250 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / General Science / System Theory |
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