Can nature teach us good research practice? A critical look at Frederic Vester's Bio-Cybernetic Systems Approach

Journal of Research Practice 1 (1):Article R2 (2005)
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Review:Die Kunst vernetzt zu denken: Ideen und Werkzeuge für einen neuen Umgang mit Komplexität [The Art of Network Thinking: Ideas and Tools for a New Way of Dealing with Complexity.] Book by Frederic Vester . Published by Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, Germany, 1999, , 315 pp., ISBN 3-421-05308-1, EUR 22.80. , Munich, Germany, 2002, 348 pp, ISBN 3-423-33077-5, EUR 12.50)

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