02157cam a22003372u 4500001000800000005001700008007001400025008004100039035002000080035001200100037001900112040002700131091000800158100002100166245013100187260006800318300001000386500020600396500009400602520066400696530008001360533008101440650003601521650003301557650002901590650003501619650002901654710005701683856003701740984004201777520911020181017112600.0he u||024||||080220s1970 xxu ||| b ||| | eng d 9(ericd)ED039774 a5209110 aED039774bERIC aericdbengcericddMvI amfm1 aMiller, James G.14aThe Nature of Living Systemsh[microform] :bAn Exposition of the Basic Concepts in General Systems Theory /cJames G. Miller. a[Washington, D.C.] :bDistributed by ERIC Clearinghouse,c1970. a47 p. aERIC Note: This is one of the support papers for "To Improve Learning; a Report to the President and the Congress of the United States by the Commission on Instructional Technology", ED 034 905.5ericd aSponsoring Agency: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Bureau of Research.5ericd aGeneral systems theory is a set of related definitions, assumptions, and propositions which deal with reality as an integrated hierarchy of organizations of matter and energy. In this paper, the author defines the concepts of space, time, matter, energy, and information in terms of their meaning in general systems theory. He defines a system as a set of interacting units with relationships among them and discusses several kinds of systems. The concepts of structure, process, type, level, echelon, suprasystem, and subsystem are also defined and discussed. Throughout the paper the emphasis is on the applications of these concepts to living systems. (JY) aMay also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: uhttps://eric.ed.gov/ aMicrofiche.b[Washington D.C.]:cERIC Clearinghouseemicrofiches : positive.07aEducational Development.2ericd07aEducational Planning.2ericd07aSystems Analysts.2ericd17aEducational Technology.2ericd17aSystems Analysis.2ericd2 aAcademy for Educational Development, Washington, DC.41uhttps://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED039774 aANLcmc 2253 ED039774d77000000049264