General Systems Theory: Ideas and Applications

by Lars Skyttner

Book Overview

The world in which classical positivistic science and technology obtained great success has vanished. However, the way of thinking promoted by that epoch still lingers in our social consciousness, sometimes as a burden. To conquer the shortcomings of classical analytical science in the modern, ever more complex world, systems theory and its applications within systems science present an alternative to old paradigms.Systems theorists see common principles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9810241763
• ISBN13: 9789810241766
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.5"