General system theory: foundations, development, applications
Title Statements
- Full title :General system theory : foundations, development, applications / by Ludwig von Bertalanffy.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1980, ©1968.
- Edition:Rev. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Braziller
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1980, ©1968.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxiv, 295 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0807604526, 9780807604526, 0807604534, 9780807604533
- oclc:ocm07407746
- LC Classification:Q295
- Dewey Decimal:A003
Table of Contents
Introduction: Systems everywhere ; On the history of systems theory ; Trends in systems theory -- The meaning of general system theory: The quest for a general system theory ; Aims of general system theory ; Closed and open systems, limitations of conventional physics ; Information and entropy ; Causality and teleology ; What is organization? ; General system theory and the unity of science ; General system theory in education, the production of scientific generalists ; Science and society ; The ultimate precept, man as the individual -- Some system concepts in elementary mathematical consideration: The system concept ; Growth ; Competition ; Wholeness, sum, mechanization, centralization ; Finality ; Types of finality ; Isomorphism in science ; The unity of science -- Advances in general system theory: Approaches and aims in systems science ; Methods in general systems research ; Advances of general system theory -- The organism considered as physical system: The organism as open system ; General characteristics of open chemical systems ; Equifinality ; Biological applications -- The model of open system: The living machine and its limitations ; Some characteristics of open system…
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