History of General Systems Theory


  • Von Bertalanffy's first book, on organicism, 1928,
    translated to English by Woodger, 1933
  • Von Bertalanffy's second book, on open systems, 1932
    transl. English, 1940
  • Von B visits the USA, 1937-38
  • Prigogine, open systems, 1947
  • General Systems Theory created by Von Bertalanffy ca 1950
  • Society for General Systems Research created, 1956
    by Von Bertalanffy, Gerard, Rapoport, and Boulding

  • Revised 21 July 2002 by Ralph Abraham, <abraham@vismath.org>