A Transdisciplinary Introduction to the World of Cybernetics

<p>Brief historical overview.- Two examples of cybernetic views.- System delimitation.- Part and whole.- Effect structure.- Structure and behavior.- Steering and development.- Perception or the cybernetics of cybernetics.- Basic concepts and language of cybernetics.- Control Circuit and Elements.- Negative Feedback - Negative - Balanced - Feedback.- Positive Feedback - Positive - Reenforced - Feedback.- Self-Regulation - Self-Regulation.- Fluid Equilibrium - Steady-State - and other Equilibria.- Homeostasis - Homeostasis.- Variety - Variety. Cybernetics and its representatives.- Cybernetic models and orders.- Cybernetics and theories.- Cybernetic systems in practice.- Cybernetic systems in nature.- Blood sugar control loop.- Pupil control loop.- Control loop model in forest ecosystem.-&nbsp; Cybernetic systems in technology.- Control of the focus of a camera.- Control of the position of the read/write head in a computer hard disk drive.- Control of the power steering in a motor vehicle.- Control of the room and heating water temperature.- Cybernetic systems in economics.- A cybernetic economic model of procurement-induced disturbances.- The cybernetic control loop as a management tool in the plant life cycle.- The CyberPractice method according to Dr. Boysen.- Cybernetic systems in society.- Sociocybernetics - Sociocybernetics.- Psychological cybernetics.- Cybernetic governance - Cybernetic government.- Cybernetics and education - Learning biology as an opportunity.- Cybernetics and the military.<br></p>