author : Ervin Laszlo

Contents

• Ervin Laszlo.

The origins of General Systems Theory in the work of von Bertalanffy

• Anatol Rapoport.

The search for simplicity

• Howard H. Pattee.

The evolution of self-simplifying systems

• Robert Rosen.

Some systems theoretical problems in biology

• Ekkehard Zerbst.

The impact of von Bertalanffy on physiology

• Kenneth E. Boulding.

Economics and General Systems

• Lee Thayer.

Communication systems

• William Gray.

Bertalanffian principles as a basis for humanistic psychiatry

• Nicholas D. Rizzo.

The significance of von Bertalanffy for psychology

• Lionel J. Livesey Jr.

Noetic planning: the need to know, but what?

• Jere W. Clark.

The general ecology of knowledge in curriculums of the future