General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications

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G. Braziller, 2003 - Political Science - 289 pages
An 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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Introduction
8
On the History of Systems Theory
10
Trends in Systems Theory
17
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Ludwig von Bertalanffy was the creator of general system theory and the author of ten books. He died in 1972.

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