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# An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)

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    An excellent introduction...
  

*by Z***O on Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2002*

Weinberg distills the essence from von Bertalanffy's classic and manages to present it in a very accessible fashion.  The book has been out of print for quite a while so it is great to see a new edition.  The message and information contained in here, although originally published in 1975, is now more relevant than ever.Weinberg covers many aspects of systems theory beginning with the main stumbling block with the present scientific paradigm:  the idea that the universe is mechanistic.  His treatment is much more general than Robert Rosen's in "Life Itself" but still conveys why the mechanistic notion is flawed.He then outlines the general systems theory approach before leading into the idea that a system is simply a way of looking at the world.  He then outlines the principle of indifference.  This leads straight into two sections outlining various aspects of making observations.  Finally he discusses behaviour and then some general systems questions.Throughout the book he uses many examples from disparate fields in conjunction with questions for further research.  It is great to see someone who doesn't preach systems but actually uses the ideas.Definitely a must-read as we decided how to solve the myriad of issues before us.

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    A framework for thinking
  

*by M***L on Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2012*

I've spent most of my life wondering why I am drawn to chemists, computer scientists and the law.  Although Weinberg doesn't necessarily explain the first part of my quandary, he does give significant insight into what the three listed items have in common.  The answer is that they all relate to systems.  I believe that most people are exposed to systems thinking intermediate and advanced math classes in high-school and college, but I don't believe that we ever that we are ever taught how to use those models and apply them in a practical way to real-world problems.  Weinberg presents a mode of thinking to do just this: see the world, even our day-to-day, in a way that lends itself to rational, systematic analysis and decision-making.  In order to do this he has to find a way to merge the creative and logical thought processes.  I think he pulls it off extremely well in this book.

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    Theory of Systems Thinking
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2011*

"Systems thinking" is a straight forward concept that concerns an understanding of a system by examining the linkages and interactions between the elements that compose the entirety of the system. The reader looking to this book for an exposition of this concept and perhaps examples of its application will be very disappointed.The operative word in the title of this book is "Introduction."  What Weinberg provides is not a discussion of systems thinking as such, but an elegant and well thought out set of proofs that demonstrate why systems thinking actually works and provide the foundation of an underlying theory of systems thinking. This is quite different from most of the literature on systems analysis and systems research, but this book provides a foundation for both of these disciplines. As such it has a unique place in the literature of this subject.

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