An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
Gerald M. Weinberg
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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking" by Gerald Weinberg, because it illuminates the general laws underlying all systems.
General Systems Thinking is about finding heuristics that can be applied to medium number systems.
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking' One of his densest, driest books, but a great summary of the highlights of the field with plenty of thought problems in the exercises and plenty of pointers for digging deeper.
You might also find Weinberg's 'An Introduction To General Systems Thinking' of value. Weinberg was heavily influenced by general systems theory, as illustrated by referencing Fisher, and he wrote the book as a way to introduce others to that line of thinking.
The best book on software testing was written in 1974 and doesn’t mention testing: Introduction to General Systems Thinking, by Jerry Weinberg.
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