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Thinking in Systems

  • 240 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 2008
  • 11 editions

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1 About this book

A clear, thoughtful, and wide-reaching exploration of complex systems, in theory and in practice. Meadows was a masterful and elegant writer and researcher, and an early voice in systems analysis at MIT and elsewhere.

This book, completed from draft manuscript after Meadows' death, is both accessible and deeply thought-provoking. She connects the dots between careful descriptions of systems analysis and systems insights, and the personal, social, societal, and political implications of systems thinking.

  • Economic development
  • Social science
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Political science
  • Environmental aspects
  • Critical thinking
  • Sustainable development
  • System analysis

2 About Donella H. Meadows

1941–2001

Donella Hager "Dana" Meadows (March 13, 1941 – February 20, 2001) was an American environmental scientist, educator, and writer. She is best known as lead author of the books The Limits to Growth and Thinking In Systems: A Primer.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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