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UNINA9910450735203321 |
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Festschrift for Felix Geyer [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors Bernard Scott, Vessela Misheva and Cor van Dijkum |
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Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006 |
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1-280-54745-6 |
9786610547456 |
1-84544-953-3 |
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1 online resource (347 p.) |
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Kybernetes, the international journal of systems & cybernetics ; ; v.35, no. 3/4 |
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ScottBernard |
MishevaVessela |
DijkumCor van |
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Cybernetics |
Systems engineering |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Preface; Editors' introduction; Contributors to the Festschrift; The cold war within a sociological systems perspective; Reflexivity revisited: the sociocybernetics of belief, meaning, truth and power; Thank you Felix Geyer; Happiness and the pursuit of happiness; Thinking about experience and action; The sociological concept of autopoiesis; Sociocybernetics and social entropy theory; The challenge of the past for the future of the social sciences; The necessity of trans-scientific frameworks for doing interdisciplinary research |
Sociocybernetics and testability: a bridge too far?A forgotten message? von Bertalanffy's puzzle; Corporate social responsibility from the viewpoint of systems thinking; Social knowledge for a world in transition; Complex systems studies and the concepts of security; Is Kevin Warwick a dandy?; The crisis of contemporary science; Studying alienation: toward a better society?; The biological metaphor of a second-order observer and the sociological discourse; The two faces of |
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American power; The vicarious self; Cybernetics and systems on the web: Jerry Wiesner and MIT; Awards; Book reviews |
Book reportsAnnouncements; Special announcements |
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This e-book consists of research papers and personal reflections of Felix Geyer's work or to the areas in which he has been active (socio-cybernetics, alienation theory). Socio-cybernetics can be defined as "Systems Science in Sociology and Other Social Sciences" - systems science, because socio-cybernetics is not limited to theory but includes application, empirical research, methodology, axiology (i.e., ethics and value research), and epistemology. |
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UNINA9910462185303321 |
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Autore |
Weinstein Lawrence <1960-> |
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Guesstimation 2.0 [[electronic resource] ] : solving today's problems on the back of a napkin / / Lawrence Weinstein |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
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1-283-54993-X |
9786613862389 |
1-4008-4466-5 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Estimation theory |
Problem solving |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. How to Solve Problems -- 2. General Questions -- 3. Recycling: What Really Matters? -- 4. The Five Senses -- 5. Energy and Work -- 6. Energy and Transportation -- 7. Heavenly Bodies -- 8. Materials -- 9. Radiation -- Appendix A. Dealing with Large Numbers -- Appendix B. Pegs to Hang Things On -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Guesstimation 2.0 reveals the simple and effective techniques needed |
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to estimate virtually anything--quickly--and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. A stimulating follow-up to Guesstimation, this is the must-have book for anyone preparing for a job interview in technology or finance, where more and more leading businesses test applicants using estimation questions just like these. The ability to guesstimate on your feet is an essential skill to have in today's world, whether you're trying to distinguish between a billion-dollar subsidy and a trillion-dollar stimulus, a megawatt wind turbine and a gigawatt nuclear plant, or parts-per-million and parts-per-billion contaminants. Lawrence Weinstein begins with a concise tutorial on how to solve these kinds of order of magnitude problems, and then invites readers to have a go themselves. The book features dozens of problems along with helpful hints and easy-to-understand solutions. It also includes appendixes containing useful formulas and more. Guesstimation 2.0 shows how to estimate everything from how closely you can orbit a neutron star without being pulled apart by gravity, to the fuel used to transport your food from the farm to the store, to the total length of all toilet paper used in the United States. It also enables readers to answer, once and for all, the most asked environmental question of our day: paper or plastic? |
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