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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Wiley Series on Systems Engineering and Analysis) by Gerald Marvin Weinberg is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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This book examines the field of general systems science, in particular those systems that are too complex to be treated by traditional reductionist scientific methods and are too organized to be quantified through statistical methods. The main theme of the book concerns the role of the observer. A system is defined as a set of objects and relationships between the objects, attributes, and the observer. The observer cannot be eliminated from a system. Failure to take account of the observer skews our thinking. The book concludes with an analysis of the concepts of stability, regulation, adaptation, and survival. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking is filled with examples, diagrams, and anecdotes which are designed to make the general systems approach comprehensible to a wide audience.
Who reads An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Wiley Series on Systems Engineering and Analysis)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Gerald Marvin Weinberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Published
- 1975
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780471925637
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Computer Science, Science, Physics
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (141 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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