Models of Reality: Shaping Thought and Action

• Példány állapota: jó

“More than half the chapters comprising the present volume appeared originally in vol. 31, no. 4, of Impact of science on society; chapter 7 … is taken from Nature and resources, vol. XVII, no. 2”–Title page verso

“Published in cooperation with Unesco … Paris.”–Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

A primer of model systems / Jacques G. Richardson — The earth as a system / James Grier Miller and Jessie L. Miller — The determination of form / Hin Bredendieck — Some principles of mathematical modeling / Blagovest Sendov — On logic, axioms, theorems, paradoxes and proofs / Edward Jacobsen — An interactive modeling system as a tool for analyzing complex socio-economic problems / Viktor A. Gelovani — The development of models in urban and regional planning / J.N.R. Jeffers — Social models : blueprints or processes? / Graham R. Little — Global modeling in the 1980s / John M. Richardson, Jr. — The politics of model implementation / Kenneth L. Kraemer — On modeling, limits and understanding / Dennis Meadows interviewed by Geoffrey S. Holister

(cont.) Information sources for modeling the national economy / Jay W. Forrester — Societal use of scientific and technical research : existing and alternative models / Veronica Stolte-Heiskanen — Simulating a small nation’s international scientific contacts : an evaluative analysis / Pál Tamás — Uses and limitations of models in policy planning and evaluation / Rahat Nabi Khan — Micro-operational research : a simple modeling tool for managers / James Clayson — Models in science education / George Marx and Esther Tóth — The brain builders / Alissa Swerdloff — Quantum physics : the power and mystery of the subatomic world / the editors of The Economist — A new model of time, a new view of physics / Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers — Models of reality / Geoffrey S. Holister

• Szerző: Jacques Richardson
• Állapot: jó