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... scientific developments . . . . These research pursuits and many others are being interwoven into a cooperative research effort involving an ever - widening spectrum of scientific and engineering disciplines . We are participating in ...
... scientific developments . . . . These research pursuits and many others are being interwoven into a cooperative research effort involving an ever - widening spectrum of scientific and engineering disciplines . We are participating in ...
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... Scientific Generalists After this sketchy outline of the meaning and aims of general system theory , let me try to answer the question of what it may contribute to integrative education . In order not to appear parti- san , I give a few ...
... Scientific Generalists After this sketchy outline of the meaning and aims of general system theory , let me try to answer the question of what it may contribute to integrative education . In order not to appear parti- san , I give a few ...
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... Scientific control of society is no highway to Utopia . The Ultimate Precept : Man as the Individual We may , however , conceive of a scientific understanding of human society and its laws in a somewhat different and more modest way ...
... Scientific control of society is no highway to Utopia . The Ultimate Precept : Man as the Individual We may , however , conceive of a scientific understanding of human society and its laws in a somewhat different and more modest way ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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