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Royce, Joseph R.

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Royce led Un of Alberta’s theoretical psychology, using systems theory to map human individuality.

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McLuhan, Marshall

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian media visionary who coined “the global village” and “the medium is message.”

Rapoport, Anatol

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Rapoport utilized systems science to critique nuclear strategy and the Cold War’s rationality.

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Jung, Richard

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Jung formalized “The Human System” bridging sociology and cybernetics through rigorous mapping.

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Jacobs, Jane

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Urban activist and author who championed mixed-use neighborhoods against top-down city planning.

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Porter, Arthur

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Porter was key in the early global systems thinking movement as a pioneer in cybernetics.

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Bunge, Mario

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Mario Bunge turned vague systems theory into an exact science, merging logic with systemic realism.

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Selye, Hans

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Pioneered stress theory, founded Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Nobel-nominated visionary.

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Bertalanffy, Maria von

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Polymath biologist who founded General Systems Theory, rejecting reductionism for wholistic science.

Ludwig von Bertalanffy

Bertalanffy, Ludwig von

STVIC IN TRIBUTE Polymath biologist who founded General Systems Theory, rejecting reductionism for wholistic science.