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Prologue: The quest for peace in a nuclear world
1. The behavioral sciences in postwar America
Part I: The sources of systems thinking
2. The science of life: Organization in living systems
3. Engineering management, and the military-industrial complex
4. Cybernetics and information theory: Feedback and homeostasis
5. Ecology and social theory: Structure, function, and evolution
Part II: The founders of general systems research
6. Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901-1972): General systems theory
7. The Chicago behavioral science committee
Ralph Gerard (1900-1974)
Anatol Rapoport (b.1911)
James Grier Miller (b.1916)
8. Kenneth Boulding (1910-1993): Economics, ecology, and peace
Part III: Evolution and evaluation
9. The society for general systems research: Establishment and development.
1. The behavioral sciences in postwar America
Part I: The sources of systems thinking
2. The science of life: Organization in living systems
3. Engineering management, and the military-industrial complex
4. Cybernetics and information theory: Feedback and homeostasis
5. Ecology and social theory: Structure, function, and evolution
Part II: The founders of general systems research
6. Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901-1972): General systems theory
7. The Chicago behavioral science committee
Ralph Gerard (1900-1974)
Anatol Rapoport (b.1911)
James Grier Miller (b.1916)
8. Kenneth Boulding (1910-1993): Economics, ecology, and peace
Part III: Evolution and evaluation
9. The society for general systems research: Establishment and development.