- critical thinking, systems thinking, systems dynamics, complex systems
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.
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About the book
- Author
- Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing, Chelsea Green Pub., Ten Have
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9781136551390
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About Donella H. Meadows · 1941–2001
American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer
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