"More than half the chapters comprising the present volume appeared originally in vol. 31, no. 4, of Impact of science on society; chapter 7 ... is taken from Nature and resources, vol. XVII, no. 2."--T.p. verso.
"Published in cooperation with Unesco ... Paris."--T.p. verso.
Contents:
A primer of model systems / Jacques G. Richardson -- The earth as a system / James Grier Miller and Jessie L. Miller -- The determination of form / Hin Bredendieck -- Some principles of mathematical modeling / Blagovest Sendov -- On logic, axioms, theorems, paradoxes and proofs / Edward Jacobsen -- An interactive modeling system as a tool for analyzing complex socio-economic problems / Viktor A. Gelovani -- The development of models in urban and regional planning / J.N.R. Jeffers -- Social models : blueprints or processes? / Graham R. Little -- Global modeling in the 1980s / John M. Richardson, Jr. -- The politics of model implementation / Kenneth L. Kraemer -- On modeling, limits and understanding / Dennis Meadows interviewed by Geoffrey S. Holister
(cont.) Information sources for modeling the national economy / Jay W. Forrester -- Societal use of scientific and technical research : existing and alternative models / Veronica Stolte-Heiskanen -- Simulating a small nation's international scientific contacts : an evaluative analysis / Pál Tamás -- Uses and limitations of models in policy planning and evaluation / Rahat Nabi Khan -- Micro-operational research : a simple modeling tool for managers / James Clayson -- Models in science education / George Marx and Esther Tóth -- The brain builders / Alissa Swerdloff -- Quantum physics : the power and mystery of the subatomic world / the editors of The Economist -- A new model of time, a new view of physics / Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers -- Models of reality / Geoffrey S. Holister
