GENERAL SYSTEM YEARBOOK Volume I - 1956
Part I. INTRODUCTION
General System Theory by Ludwig von Bertalanffy
General System Theory -- The Skeleton of Science by Kenneth Boulding
Definition of System by A.D. Hall and R. E. Fagen
Part II. EXPLORATION OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS
Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences by Kenneth J. Arrow
The Diffusion Problem in Mass Behavior by Anatol Rapoport
Imbalance in a Network of Chemical Transformations by D.F. Bradley and M. Calvin
Toward a general Theory of Growth by Kenneth Boulding
The Principle of Allometry in Biology and the Social Sciences by Raoul S. Naroll and Ludwig von Bertalanffy
On the Parallel Between Learning and Evolution by J. Pringle
Part III: IN SEARCH OF NEW FOCI OF INTEGRATION
The Hypothesis of Cybernetics by J.O. Wisdom
In Search of General Mathematical Principles by N. Rashevsky
Psychological Fields and Hypothetical Constructs by David Krech
Dynamic Systems as Open Neurological Systems by David Krech
A Biologist's View of Society by R.W. Gerard
The Rights of Man, a Biological Approach by R.W. Gerard