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1	Thinking in Systems: A Primer more books like this by Donella Meadows add to wishlist In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, "Limits to Growth"athe first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planeta Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.Meadowsa newly released manuscript, "Thinking in Systems," is ... see all copies from $12.67! new only from $12.67! \| SVS
2	The Complexity: A Guided Tour more books like this by Melanie Mitchell add to wishlist As science probes the nature of life, society, and technology ever more closely, what it finds there is complexity. The sophisticated group behavior of social insects, the unexpected intricacies of the genome, the dynamics of population growth, and the self-organized structure of the World Wide Web - these are just a few examples of complex ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $18.36! \| SVS
3	The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems more books like this by Fritjof Capra, Ph.D. add to wishlist In this book, the author offers a brilliant synthesis of scientific breakthroughs such as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory, and other explanations of the properties of organisms, social systems, and ecosystems. His surprising findings stand in stark contrast to accepted paradigms of mechanism and Darwinism and provide a new ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.56! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Signals & Systems more books like this by Alan V Oppenheim, Alan S Willsky, S Hamid Nawab add to wishlist For undergraduate-level courses in Signals and Systems. This comprehensive exploration of signals and systems develops continuous-time and discrete-time concepts/methods in parallel -- highlighting the similarities and differences -- and features introductory treatments of the applications of these basic methods in such areas as filtering, ... see all copies from $2.63! new only from $36.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age more books like this by Duncan J Watts add to wishlist Spanning the sciences, Watts, a professor of sociology at Columbia University, examines the ways in which theories and applications have come together in the Information Age. SIX DEGREES offers myriad examples from many fields, pointing out that no matter how much we believe in the individual, the links between us cannot be denied, and that they ... see all copies from $3.51! new only from $10.22! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Systems Analysis & Design Methods more books like this by Jeffrey L Whitten add to wishlist Today's students want to practice the application of concepts. As with the previous editions of this book, the authors write to balance the coverage of concepts, tools, techniques, and their applications, and to provide the most examples of system analysis and design deliverables available in any book. The textbook also serves the reader as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.51! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Elements of Forecasting more books like this by Francis Diebold add to wishlist A concise, modern survey of forecasting methods for business and economics which focuses on the core techniques of widest applicability and assumes only an elementary background in statistics. The book is applications-oriented and illustrates all methods with detailed examples and case studies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.50! \| SVS
8	Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software more books like this by Steven Johnson add to wishlist In EMERGENCE, Steven Johnson, editor-in-chief of Feed, speaks lucidly about the organizational gravity of emergence theory, historic and natural examples of complex communities like those of ants, and how interconnectivity is reflected on the Web. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order more books like this by Steven Strogatz add to wishlist Strogatz, a professor of mathematics at Cornell University, offers a glimpse into the new science of synchrony, which examines the ways in which various elements of the natural world work in conjunction and harmony with each other. SYNC uses topical anecdotes, including the cult "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" diversion, to illustrate the ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $12.32! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity more books like this by John H Holland add to wishlist This work explains how scientists who study the field of complexity are convinced that certain constant processes are at work in all kinds of unrelated complex systems. The author also illustrates the relevance of scientific debate to the layman. see all copies from $2.85! new only from $6.40! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms more books like this by Wayne L Winston, Ph.D. add to wishlist The market-leading textbook for the course, Winston's "Operations Research" owes much of its success to its practical orientation and consistent emphasis on model formulation and model building. It moves beyond a mere study of algorithms without sacrificing the rigor that faculty desire. As in every edition, Winston reinforces the book's ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $43.28! \| SVS
12 view cover	Linear System Theory and Design more books like this by Chi-Tsong Chen add to wishlist This text is an extensive revision of the author's highly successful text, "Linear Systems Theory and Design". In the third edition, the author is revising his formerly more theoretical approach to the topic of linear systems, choosing instead a more general approach that will appeal to a wider audience. A key feature of the revision is the ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $50.31! \| SVS
13 view cover	Systems Analysis and Design more books like this by Dr. Kenneth E Kendall add to wishlist For Systems Analysis and Design courses found at the junior/senior undergraduate level or at the graduate level. HyperCase (original, hypertext-based software created by the authors) now accompanies this text on an interactive website. This innovative software allows students first-hand experience with a business and organizational structure. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century more books like this by Scott Adams add to wishlist His uncanny ability to uproariously depict the culture of the "office wars" between cubicle dwellers and middle management has made Scott Adams America's most popular cartoonist. As in his 14 previous books--all of them bestsellers--Adams serves up a mix of essays and cartoons. With his mordant sensibility firmly at the ready, Adams sets loose his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	An Introduction to General Systems Thinking more books like this by Gerald M Weinberg add to wishlist Makes the most generally applicable insights from general systems theorists and from disciplinarians available to the widest audience possible. see all copies from $14.80! new only from $34.57! \| first editions
16 view cover	Linked: The New Science of Networks more books like this by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Jennifer Frangos add to wishlist The first book to explore the hot new science of networks and their impact on nature, business, medicine, and everyday life. }In the 1980's, James Gleick's Chaos introduced the world to complexity. Now, Albert-Lszl Barabsi's Linked reveals the next major scientific leap: the study of networks. We've long suspected that we live in a small world, ... see all copies from $7.28! new only from $65.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	Sync: How Order Emerges from Chaos in the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life more books like this by Steven Strogatz add to wishlist The tendency to synchronize is one of the most far reaching drives in all of nature, extending from people to plants, from animals to atoms. "Sync" is the story of this dazzling kind of order in the universe, the harmony that comes from cycles in sync, written by the mathematician who created the science. see all copies from $7.12! new only from $10.17! \| SVS
18 view cover	Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos Theory and the Science of Wholeness more books like this by John Briggs, Ph.D., David Peat add to wishlist The concept of chaos is one of today's most exciting scientific breakthroughs, with far-reaching implications for thermodynamics, our concept of time, and the way we perceive the universe. Turbulent Mirror offers a perfect introduction to this bizarre and intriguing field. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	The Systems View of the World: A Holistic Vision for Our Time more books like this by Ervin Laszlo add to wishlist Taking the view that understanding the meaning behind the complex formulas of science is more important than ever, this work attempts to explain the systems view of the world as the paradigm of the latest scientific developments. see all copies from $8.98! new only from $19.92!
20 view cover	Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity: A Platform for Designing Business Architecture more books like this by Jamshid Gharajedaghi add to wishlist In a nutshell, this book is about systems. This book is written for those thinkers and practitioners who have come to realize that while the whole is becoming more and more interdependent parts display choice and behave independently, and that paradoxes are the most potent challenge of emergent realities. With a practical orientation and yet a ... see all copies from $3.44! new only from $19.71! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks more books like this by Mark Buchanan, Ph.D. add to wishlist This "cogent and engaging" ("Nature") work presents the fundamental principles of the emerging field of "small-worlds" theory--the idea that a hidden pattern is the key to how networks interact and exchange information, whether that network is the information highway or the firing of neurons in the brain. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.97! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Does God Play Dice?: The Mathematics of Chaos more books like this by Ian Stewart add to wishlist "Does God Play Dice?" Yes, but how? Einstein did not believe that "God Plays Dice". He laid the foundations for today's thinking that the universe is governed by the immutable laws of physics - there is no room for chance, but these foundations may be built on sand. The science of chaos is forcing scientists to rethink even the most fundamental ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Trend Tracking: The System to Profit from Today's Trends more books like this by Gerald Celente, Tom Milton add to wishlist With the tracking strategies outlined in this manual, readers will learn how to anticipate and profit from future trends in business, economics, finance, politics and a number of other crucial social and economic currents. Written by the National Director of the Socio-Economic Research Institute, the book presents the system globalnomics - ... see all copies from $4.55! new only from $12.97! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Ubiquity: Why Catastrophes Happen more books like this by Mark Buchanan, Ph.D. add to wishlist A science journalist explores universality, a concept of theoretical physics which holds that chaotic events (World War I) and disastrous physical phenomena (the 1988 Yellowstone Fire) happen because elements have reached a 'critical state' that leads to the collapse of structure. His examples amply demonstrate that these critical states can not ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $9.59! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Web of Life more books like this by Fritjof Capra add to wishlist In this book, the author offers a brilliant synthesis of scientific breakthroughs such as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory, and other explanations of the properties of organisms, social systems, and ecosystems. His surprising findings stand in stark contrast to accepted paradigms of mechanism and Darwinism and provide a new ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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