Thinking in Systems: A Primer | 
| Author: Donella Meadows
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Category: Book
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Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1603580557
Dewey Decimal Number: 003
EAN: 9781603580557
ASIN: 1603580557
Publication Date: December 3, 2008
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In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, iLimits to Growth/ithe first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001./pMeadows newly released manuscript, iThinking in Systems/i, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institutes Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life./pSome of the biggest problems facing the worldwar, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradationare essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of too-narrow thinking./pWhile readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking, the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows was known as much for nurturing positive outcomes as she was for delving into the science behind global dilemmas. She reminds readers to pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a learner./pIn a world growing ever more complicated, crowded, and interdependent, iThinking in Systems/i helps readers avoid confusion and helplessness, the first step toward finding proactive and effective solutions.
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