Chronology, Revival

The most important events for the revival of the spirit.
  • 1611, Kepler's morphogenetic field
  • 1900, Vitalism
  • 1905-45, General Systems Theory (GST)
    Lotka, Rashevsky, Von Bertalanffy, Waddington, etc.
  • 1945-70, Cybernetics
    Macy group (first order), esp. Bateson
  • 1970, System Dynamics
    Forester, Club of Rome, Limits to Growth, World model
  • 1970s, New mathematics
    Chaos theory, Fractal geometry, Complexity
    morphogenesis, catastrophe theory
  • 1980s, New science
    Gaia theory, Web of Life, Green Movement (ecology, etc)
    Lovelock, Sheldrake, Laszlo, etc

  • Revised by Ralph Abraham 17 March 2004