{"id":2592,"date":"2012-09-07T17:43:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2025-06-04T20:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:49:33","slug":"systems-and-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systemsthink.co.uk\/wordpress\/systems-and-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Systems and Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I have tried to separate the &#8216;archive&#8217; into lists of books that are sort of related in subject matter. The books in this list are all about systems, complexity and associated subjects. That said, there is still an element of the arbitrary, in that whatever classification is chosen it is inevitable that some books fall in more than one &#8211; which is where the tags come in handy for the main list.<\/p>\n<p>These are merely books that I would recommend &#8211; it is not a complete list. I intend to add to this list as and when I get inspiration and, as a rule of thumb, the nearer the top of the list a book appears the more important I rate it &#8211; but that is not an absolute rule.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases I will create, at a later date, an individual post for some of the books here (and will then delete them from this list).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"The Systems Bible\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/systemsbible.jpg\" alt=\"The Systems Bible\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=Fooled By Randomness\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/fooledrandomness.jpg\" alt=\"Fooled By Randomness\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"The Black Swan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/blackswan.jpg\" alt=\"The Black Swan\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Thinking in Systems\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/thinkinginsystems.jpg\" alt=\"Thinking in Systems\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Facets of Systems Science\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/facetssystemsscience.jpg\" alt=\"Facets of Systems Science\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Systems Thinking\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/systemsthinking.jpg\" alt=\"Systems Thinking\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Business Dynamics\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/businessdynamics.jpg\" alt=\"Business Dynamics\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Flatland\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/flatland.jpg\" alt=\"Flatland\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Flatterland\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/flatterland.jpg\" alt=\"Flatterland\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"The Quark and the Jaguare\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/quarkjaguar.jpg\" alt=\"The Quark and the Jaguar\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Figments of Reality\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/figmentsofreality.jpg\" alt=\"Figments of Reality\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Complexification\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/complexification.jpg\" alt=\"Complexification\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Emergence: From Chaos to Order\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/fromchaostoorder.jpg\" alt=\"Emergence: From Chaos to Order\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"The Collapse of Chaos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/collapseofchaos.jpg\" alt=\"The Collapse of Chaos\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Chaos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/chaos.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Complexity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/complexity.jpg\" alt=\"Complexity\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Hidden Order\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/hiddenorder.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden Order\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Navigating Complexity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/navigatingcomplexity.jpg\" alt=\"Navigating Complexity\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Complexity Theory\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/complexitytheory.jpg\" alt=\"Complexity Theory\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"The Fifth Discipline\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/fifthdiscipline.jpg\" alt=\"The Fifth Discipline\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Systems Thinking, Systems Practice\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/systemsthinkingsystemspractice.jpg\" alt=\"Systems Thinking, Systems Practice\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/creativeholism.jpg\" alt=\"Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers\" height=\"160px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"library-thumb-grid\" title=\"Alexander Bogdanov and the Origins of Systems Thinking in Russia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systemsthink.co.uk\/graphics\/books\/bogdan.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Bogdanov and the Origins of Systems Thinking in Russia\" height=\"160px\" 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