Bridges to the future. On the emergence of systems analysis and a breakthrough in ideas about science and management practice in the USSR
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The attention of readers is offered an autobiographical book of a prominent Russian sociologist and philosopher Academician D.M. Gvishiani (1928–2003), who worked on the USSR State Committee for Science and Technology for many years and made a great contribution to the formation of a system of international scientific and technical ties of the USSR with foreign countries. The book tells in detail about the very saturated period of the 60-90s of the XX century, when the mechanism of multilateral cooperation in the world was formed in the face of global problems, and in connection with this about the emergence of international organizations of a new type --- International Institute of Applied System Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria), Roman club and others. The author with great warmth recalls many remarkable representatives of humanitarian and natural scientific disciplines, the business community, as well as the political figures of the time with whom he had to go together a difficult but worthy path. The author’s inclusion in the very core of decision -making processes and the disclosure of the secrets of diplomatic ups and downs makes the book not only with an invaluable document that allows you to more deeply and voluminous to perceive our recent history, but also a kind of methodological guide to find adequate solutions to the construction of a modern multipolar world.
The book is designed for a wide range of readers who are interested in both the problems of the formation of new areas of scientific research and issues of international scientific and technical relations
The book is designed for a wide range of readers who are interested in both the problems of the formation of new areas of scientific research and issues of international scientific and technical relations
Author:
Author:Гвишиани Д.М.
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Culture
- Category:Social Science & Politics
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:printing
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-9710-5796-3
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