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Systems Thinking eBook Series

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  • An Introduction to General Systems Thinking

    Systems Thinking, #1

    by Gerald M. Weinberg ...
    Series Book 1 - Systems Thinking
    For more than thirty-five years, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking has been hailed as an innovative introduction to systems theory, with applications in software development and testing, medicine, engineering, social sciences, architecture, and beyond. Used in university courses and professional seminars all over the world, the text has proven its ability to open minds and sharpen ... Read more

    S$ 12.66 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rethinking Systems Analysis and Design

    Systems Thinking, #4

    by Gerald M. Weinberg ...
    Series Book 4 - Systems Thinking
    Systems analysis and design have solved many problems, but they have also created many problems. This unique book tackles crucial analysis and design issues that are glossed over in conventional texts. It recognizes that while many problems are solved with systems analysis and design, many problems are also created.Using a short, highly readable essay format, Rethinking Systems Analysis & Design ... Read more

    S$ 12.66 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Passive Regulation: General Systems Design Principles

    Systems Thinking, #2

    by Gerald M. Weinberg ...
    Series Book 2 - Systems Thinking
    Passive Regulation is Volume 2 in the General Systems Thinking series that begins with the world-wide best-selling, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking. (also available in ebook formats) That first series volume focused on the question,"Why do we see what we see?" This second books tackles the next question, namely "Why do things stay the same?"Most people take for granted the stability ... Read more

    S$ 12.66 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Active Regulation: General Systems Design Principles

    Systems Thinking, #3

    by Gerald M. Weinberg ...
    Series Book 3 - Systems Thinking
    Active Regulation is Volume 3 in the General Systems Thinking series that begins with the world-wide best-selling, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking. (also available in ebook formats) That first series volume focused on the question,"Why do we see what we see?" The second and third books tackle the next question, namely "Why do things stay the same?"Most people take for granted the ... Read more

    S$ 12.66 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    by Douglas R Hofstadter ...
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    S$ 18.85 SGD

  • Surfaces and Essences

    Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

    by Emmanuel Sander, Douglas R Hofstadter ...
    A revelatory foray into cognition and the dynamics of the mind.**“*****Surfaces and Essences *****warrants a place alongside Gödel, Escher, Bach and major recent treatments of human cognition. Analogy is not the endpoint of understanding, but its indispensable beginning.” –**ScienceAnalogy is the core of all thinking.This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer ... ... Read more

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  • From Bacteria to Bach and Back

    The Evolution of Minds

    by Daniel C. Dennett ...
    "A supremely enjoyable, intoxicating work." —NatureHow did we come to have minds? For centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled abilities. Disciples of Darwin have explained how natural selection produced plants, but what about the human mind?In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett builds on recent ... Read more

    S$ 20.81 SGD

  • This Explains Everything

    150 Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works

    by John Brockman ...
    Series Book 12 - Edge Question Series
    Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything will revolutionize your understanding of the world.What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"—The Guardian), posed to the world's most influential minds. Flowing from the horizons of physics, economics, psychology, ... Read more

    S$ 17.65 SGD

  • Who's in Charge?

    Free Will and the Science of the Brain

    by Michael S. Gazzaniga ...
    "Gazzaniga is a giant in cognitive neuroscience . . . [He] advances a fascinating argument that both limits and contextualizes brain research." —Forbes.comThe author of Human, Michael S. Gazzaniga has been called the "father of cognitive neuroscience." In his remarkable book, Who's in Charge?, he makes a powerful and provocative argument that counters the common wisdom that our lives are wholly ... Read more

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  • The Stuff of Thought

    Language as a Window into Human Nature

    by Steven Pinker ...
    **This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now."Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty."--The New York Times Book Review**Bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to ... Read more

    S$ 16.23 SGD

  • Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

    Stripping the Dread from the Data

    by Charles Wheelan ...
    The best-selling author of Naked Economics defies the odds with a book about statistics that you’ll welcome and enjoy.Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called “sexy.” From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues ... Read more

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  • How to Create a Mind

    The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

    by Ray Kurzweil ...
    'Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence.' Bill GatesIn How to Create a Mind, Ray Kurzweil offers a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilisation: reverse engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines. Kurzweil explores how the ... Read more

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