History

History of Complexity Theory

Dynamical systems theory founded by Poincare ca 1882 Politicometrics created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Gestalt theory created Berlin ca 1930 Homeostasis introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 Cybernetics created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 General Systems Theory created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 System dynamics founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 Morphogenesis founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 Homeokinetics founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Politicometrics created by Lewis Frye Richardson ca 1920 Gestalt theory created Berlin ca 1930 Homeostasis introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 Cybernetics created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 General Systems Theory created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 System dynamics founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 Morphogenesis founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 Homeokinetics founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Gestalt theory created Berlin ca 1930 Homeostasis introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 Cybernetics created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 General Systems Theory created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 System dynamics founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 Morphogenesis founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 Homeokinetics founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Homeostasis introduced by W. B. Cannon ca 1932 or perhaps Claude Bernard ca 1850 Cybernetics created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 General Systems Theory created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 System dynamics founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 Morphogenesis founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 Homeokinetics founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Cybernetics created by Norbert Wiener ca 1942 * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946 * Wiener's book publ 1948 General Systems Theory created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 System dynamics founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 Morphogenesis founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 Homeokinetics founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985: * Diffused by the Macy Conference, 1946; * Wiener's book publ 1948
General Systems Theory created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950 System dynamics founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 Morphogenesis founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 Homeokinetics founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
System dynamics founded by Jay Forrester ca 1950 Morphogenesis founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 Homeokinetics founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Morphogenesis founded by Alan Turing ca 1952 Homeokinetics founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Homeokinetics founded by Arthur Iberall ca 1950 Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Cellular automaton created by John von Neumann ca 1952 Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Homeorhesis introduced by C. H. Waddington ca 1957 Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Theoretical biology confs 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966 Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome, 1972 General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985
General Evolution Theory due to Ervin Laszlo ca 1985

Revised 27 May 2002 by Ralph Abraham, <abraham@vismath.org>