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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... organism into parts and partial processes : the organism was an aggregate of cells , the cell one of colloids and organic molecules , behavior a sum of unconditional and conditioned reflexes , and so forth . The problems of organization ...
... organism into parts and partial processes : the organism was an aggregate of cells , the cell one of colloids and organic molecules , behavior a sum of unconditional and conditioned reflexes , and so forth . The problems of organization ...
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... organism as a whole , it shows characteristics similar to those of systems in equilibrium ( cf. Zwaardemaker , 1906 , 1927 ) . We find , in the cell and in the multicellular organism , a certain composition , a constant ratio of the ...
... organism as a whole , it shows characteristics similar to those of systems in equilibrium ( cf. Zwaardemaker , 1906 , 1927 ) . We find , in the cell and in the multicellular organism , a certain composition , a constant ratio of the ...
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Foundations, Development, Applications Ludwig von Bertalanffy. processes in the living organism ; for biophysics - the application of physics to the living organism — an expansion of theory is necessary . The living cell and organism is ...
Foundations, Development, Applications Ludwig von Bertalanffy. processes in the living organism ; for biophysics - the application of physics to the living organism — an expansion of theory is necessary . The living cell and organism is ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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