General System Theory: Foundations, Development, ApplicationsAn attempt to formulate common laws that apply to virtually every scientific field, this conceptual approach has had a profound impact on such widely diverse disciplines as biology, economics, psychology, and demography. |
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Page 27
We presently " see " the universe as a tremendous hierarchy , from elementary
particles to atomic nuclei , to atoms , molecules , high - molecular compounds , to
the wealth of structures ( electron and lightmicroscopic ) between molecules and
...
We presently " see " the universe as a tremendous hierarchy , from elementary
particles to atomic nuclei , to atoms , molecules , high - molecular compounds , to
the wealth of structures ( electron and lightmicroscopic ) between molecules and
...
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In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve
phenomena into local events ; problems of order and organization appear
whether the question is the structure of atoms , the architecture of proteins , or ...
In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve
phenomena into local events ; problems of order and organization appear
whether the question is the structure of atoms , the architecture of proteins , or ...
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In the world view called mechanistic , which was born of classical physics of the
nineteenth century , the aimless play of the atoms , governed by the inexorable
laws of causality , produced all phenomena in the world , inanimate , living , and
...
In the world view called mechanistic , which was born of classical physics of the
nineteenth century , the aimless play of the atoms , governed by the inexorable
laws of causality , produced all phenomena in the world , inanimate , living , and
...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications International library of systems theory and philosophy Penguin University Books |
| Author | Ludwig von Bertalanffy |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Braziller, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0807604534, 9780807604533 |
| Length | 295 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / System Theory |
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