Global Systems Dynamics (1970) Attinger Wiley-Interscience HC

Originally published by S. Karger AG, Basel. First edition (U.S. issue). Hardcover. xiv + 353 pp. With 71 figures and 9 tables. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-139274. Printed in Switzerland. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Global Systems Dynamics held in Charlottesville, Virginia, 1969. This interdisciplinary volume brings together leading scholars in systems theory, cybernetics, social sciences, economics, and biology to examine large-scale social, technological, and demographic systems. Contributors include J.B. Calhoun, Anatol Rapoport, F.J. Ayala, and others. The work reflects the late-1960s surge in systems thinking, integrating mathematical modeling, input-output analysis, demographic transition theory, and sociotechnical systems design. Issued in cloth with printed dust jacket. The present copy is a clean, solid example: binding tight and square; pages clean and bright with no markings observed. A strong, well-preserved copy suitable for institutional or advanced private collections in systems science and intellectual history of interdisciplinary modeling. E.O. Attinger was a scholar associated with interdisciplinary systems research during the late 1960s, a period marked by increasing integration of engineering, biology, and social sciences under the framework of systems theory. As organizer/editor of the 1969 Charlottesville symposium, Attinger contributed to advancing dialogue between quantitative modeling approaches and policy-oriented social science. His work reflects the broader mid-century movement toward cybernetics and global systems analysis that influenced later environmental and economic systems modeling.…