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- catalog abstract ""Uncommon Sense is the first nontechnical presentation of biologist / philosopher Ludwig von Bertalanffy and the only approachable explanation of his discoveries in the ecological / holistic field known as General Systems Theory. Prepared with the help of his private papers and reminiscences of his wife and son, this book offers a vital tool for managers, physicians, psychologists, scientists, teachers, parents, and public officials."--Book cover.".
- catalog contributor b1283883.
- catalog created "c1983.".
- catalog date "1983".
- catalog date "c1983.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1983.".
- catalog description ""Uncommon Sense is the first nontechnical presentation of biologist / philosopher Ludwig von Bertalanffy and the only approachable explanation of his discoveries in the ecological / holistic field known as General Systems Theory. Prepared with the help of his private papers and reminiscences of his wife and son, this book offers a vital tool for managers, physicians, psychologists, scientists, teachers, parents, and public officials."--Book cover.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 229-236.".
- catalog description "General Systems Theory: a prescription for survival -- Professor von Bertalanffy: wizard in disguise -- The ABCs of GST: confronting the riddle of life -- Bertalanffy versus behaviorism: a warning about dehumanization -- Systems psychology: a new image of man -- A science of social systems: can we free ourselves from the past? -- The ultimate GST: toward a unity of science -- The systems movement: a fertile chaos -- Systems epistemology: the many flavors of truth.".
- catalog extent "247 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Uncommon sense.".
- catalog identifier "087477165X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Uncommon sense.".
- catalog issued "1983".
- catalog issued "c1983.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Los Angeles : J.P. Tarcher ; Boston : Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co.,".
- catalog relation "Uncommon sense.".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog subject "Bertalanffy, Ludwig von, 1901-1972.".
- catalog subject "Q143.B45 D38 1983".
- catalog subject "Scientists Canada Biography.".
- catalog subject "System theory.".
- catalog tableOfContents "General Systems Theory: a prescription for survival -- Professor von Bertalanffy: wizard in disguise -- The ABCs of GST: confronting the riddle of life -- Bertalanffy versus behaviorism: a warning about dehumanization -- Systems psychology: a new image of man -- A science of social systems: can we free ourselves from the past? -- The ultimate GST: toward a unity of science -- The systems movement: a fertile chaos -- Systems epistemology: the many flavors of truth.".
- catalog title "Uncommon sense : the life and thought of Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901-1972), father of general systems theory / Mark Davidson ; foreword by R. Buckminster Fuller ; introduction by Kenneth E. Boulding.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".