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| Author | : Jan Thomas |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 2020-06-11 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780578668550 |
Thinking Differently is a groundbreaking guide for what it takes for nonlinear thinkers to thrive and excel in today's world. When you start a new project, do you find yourself wanting the big picture to help make sense of what you are getting into? Are you optimistic (sometimes overly so) about how much you can accomplish in a given amount of time? If these ways of thinking sound familiar, you could well be a nonlinear thinker with special talents that you might not be aware of, or using to full potential. For generations, linear and prescriptive thinking have controlled what counts for progress and value, though times have changed--different, nonlinear talents are in demand today. Neuroscience findings have exploded, but little is written specifically for the needs of nonlinear thinkers, who thrive on visual learning and stories that demonstrate a concept in action. Developed with 30 years of research and working hands-on with nonlinear thinkers, Thinking Differently lays out the landscape of what nonlinear thinking looks like, highlighting the four distinctions that set this thinking apart. It introduces a unique set of proven FLEX Strategies that actually work with how your mind works, enables you to navigate your environment with confidence, and shows how to self-advocate for what you need to transform how you live, work, and lead. You will discover what works best for you and most importantly, why.
| Author | : James Rose |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2018-03-29 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0429921578 |
This book is concerned with whether we can develop our understanding of the mind through the application of new approaches to the study of complex systems. It is divided into two sections. The first is concerned with the application of non-linear systems theory to the psychoanalytic study of the mind. The second is concerned with the technical application of the ideas of chaos theory to the understanding of therapeutic action and psychic change. It concludes with a consideration of the research and clinical implications of considering the mind as a non-linear system.
| Author | : Klaus Mainzer |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 357 |
| Release | : 2013-03-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3662033054 |
Since the first edition sold out in less than a year, we now present the revised second edition of Mainzer's popular book. The theory of nonlinear complex systems has become a successful problem-solving approach in the natural sciences from laser physics, quantum chaos, and meteorology to computer simulations of cell growth in biology. It is now recognized that many of our social, ecological, and political problems are also of a global, complex, and nonlinear nature. And one of the most exciting contemporary topics is the idea that even the human mind is governed largely by the nonlinear dynamics of complex systems. In this wide-ranging but concise treatment, Prof. Mainzer discusses, in a nontechnical language, the common framework behind these endeavors. Emphasis is given to the evolution of new structures in natural and cultural systems and we see clearly how the new integrative approach can give insights not available from traditional reductionistic methods.
| Author | : Robert M. Galatzer-Levy |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2017-06-26 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1351970216 |
Nonlinear concepts from chaos theory, complexity studies, and fractal geometry have transformed the way we think about the mind. Nonlinear Psychoanalysis shows how nonlinear dynamics can be integrated with psychoanalytic thinking to shed new light on psychological development, therapeutic processes, and fundamental psychoanalytic concepts. Starting with a personal history of the author’s engagement with nonlinear dynamics and psychoanalysis, this book describes how his approach applies to diagnosis of psychological conditions, concepts of normal and pathological development, gender, research methods, and finally the theory and practice of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy. This book is full of new ideas about the basic nonlinear processes of human development, nonlinear views of gender and fundamental psychoanalytic process like working through, and the nature of the therapeutic process as conceptualized in terms of the theory of coupled oscillators. Galatzer-Levy questions many standard psychoanalytic formulations and points to a freer practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thinking. His new approach opens the reader’s eyes to ways in which development and treatment can occur through processes not now included in standard psychoanalytic theory. The book not only provides useful theories but also helps readers take note of commonly passed over phenomena that were unseen for lack of a theory to explain them. Galatzer-Levy brings an unusual combination of training in psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and mathematics to this unique study, which summarizes his forty years of exploration of nonlinearity and psychoanalysis. Nonlinear Psychoanalysis will appeal to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists as well as students of nonlinear dynamics systems.
| Author | : Alan Moore |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780956766243 |
The author argues that we have reached the nadir of the adaptive range of our industrialised world. Now faced with an unsustainable trilemma of social, organisational and economic complexity, we have entered an era in which the rules we have previously organised our lives around no longer apply. Leaving us with both a design problem and a design challenge which we must urgently solve. By describing an entirely new way for true social, economic and organisational innovation to happen, No straight lines presents a revolutionary logic and an inspiring plea for a more human-centric world.
| Author | : T Thyagarajan |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2020-10-22 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1000204332 |
Linear and Non-Linear System Theory focuses on the basics of linear and non-linear systems, optimal control and optimal estimation with an objective to understand the basics of state space approach linear and non-linear systems and its analysis thereof. Divided into eight chapters, materials cover an introduction to the advanced topics in the field of linear and non-linear systems, optimal control and estimation supported by mathematical tools, detailed case studies and numerical and exercise problems. This book is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students in electrical, instrumentation, electronics, chemical, control engineering and other allied branches of engineering. Features Covers both linear and non-linear system theory Explores state feedback control and state estimator concepts Discusses non-linear systems and phase plane analysis Includes non-linear system stability and bifurcation behaviour Elaborates optimal control and estimation
| Author | : Nita H. Shah |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 83 |
| Release | : 2020-12-16 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1000339912 |
This book is for beginners who are struggling to understand and optimize non-linear problems. The content will help readers gain an understanding and learn how to formulate real-world problems and will also give insight to many researchers for their future prospects. It proposes a mind map for conceptual understanding and includes sufficient solved examples for reader comprehension. The theory is explained in a lucid way. The variety of examples are framed to raise the thinking level of the reader and the formulation of real-world problems are included in the last chapter along with applications. The book is self-explanatory, well synchronized and written for undergraduate, post graduate and research scholars.
| Author | : Donella Meadows |
| Publisher | : Chelsea Green Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2008-12-03 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1603581480 |
The classic book on systems thinking—with more than half a million copies sold worldwide! "This is a fabulous book... This book opened my mind and reshaped the way I think about investing."—Forbes "Thinking in Systems is required reading for anyone hoping to run a successful company, community, or country. Learning how to think in systems is now part of change-agent literacy. And this is the best book of its kind."—Hunter Lovins In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet—Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute’s Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life. Some of the biggest problems facing the world—war, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation—are essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of too-narrow thinking. While readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking, the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows was known as much for nurturing positive outcomes as she was for delving into the science behind global dilemmas. She reminds readers to pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a learner. In a world growing ever more complicated, crowded, and interdependent, Thinking in Systems helps readers avoid confusion and helplessness, the first step toward finding proactive and effective solutions.
| Author | : Donald L. Fixico |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2013-07-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1135389608 |
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Author | : Steven H. Strogatz |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 532 |
| Release | : 2018-05-04 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 0429961111 |
This textbook is aimed at newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos, especially students taking a first course in the subject. The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalization, fractals, and strange attractors.
