McLuhan, Marshall
IN TRIBUTE Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian media visionary who coined “the global village” and “the medium is message.”
Decade Began ST: 1937–1947
Porter, Arthur
IN TRIBUTE Porter was key in the early global systems thinking movement as a pioneer in cybernetics.
Selye, Hans
IN TRIBUTE Pioneered stress theory, founded Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Nobel-nominated visionary.
Bertalanffy, Maria von
IN TRIBUTE A hidden architect of systems theory, she fused biology with philosophy to humanize modern science.
Bertalanffy, Ludwig von
IN TRIBUTE Polymath biologist who founded Systems Science, rejecting reductionism for wholistic science.
Boulding, Kenneth
IN TRIBUTE Quaker economist and peace researcher who integrated systems theory, ethics, and social science.