“This is a list, with reviews of suggested books, periodicals, television shows and computer programs for a classroom curriculum or individual study in cybernetics and systems theory. It does not (yet) include a course plan a glossary, or extended biliograpy. [Alan B Scrivener] was asked to write this by some teachers who received a copy of class notes [ABS] prepared for a course in 'Understanding Whole Systems' sixteen years ago at the University of Calafornia at Santa Cruz. They asked how [he] would revise it based on what [he] know[s] today. This
document answers that question.”
First Draft © 1 March 1990 / Second draft © 22 August 2002 by Alan Shrivner
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Pavlof Volcano From StationAstronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) photographed this striking view of Pavlof Volcano on May 18, 2013. The oblique perspective from the ISS reveals the three dimensional structure of the ash plume, which is often obscured by the top-down view of most remote sensing satellites. Situated in the Aleutian Arc about 625 miles (1,000 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, Pavlof began erupting on May 13, 2013. The volcano jetted lava into the air and spewed an ash cloud 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) high. When photograph ISS036-E-2105 (top) was taken, the space station was about 475 miles south-southeast of the volcano (49.1° North latitude, 157.4° West longitude). The volcanic plume extended southeastward over the North Pacific Ocean. › Additional information/larger images. Image Credit: NASA
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