Willis R. Whitney, General Electric, and the Origins of U. S. Industrial Research

Abstract

PrefaceAn Introduction: Structure and Representation of the WorldThe Individual EntitySome Basics of Hierarchical StructureRepresenting a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Basic Triadic SystemRepresenting a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Nontransivity of Effects Across LevelsThe Explicit Elaboration of a Hierarchy of NatureOrganic Evolution and the Hierarchy of NatureOrganic Evolution: Its Origin and Hierarchy StructureAppendixGlossaryReferencesIndex