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General Systems Thinking - General Systems #1

Gerald Weinberg

Publisher: Weinberg Weinberg

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A true classic, not just in computing but in the broad area of scholarship. It is partly about the philosophy and mechanisms of science; partly about designing things so they work but mostly it is about how humans view the world and create things that match that view. This book will still be worth reading for a long time to come. - Charles Ashbacher
Available since: 02/01/2015.

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