My new textbook, Principles of Systems Science, along with co-author Mike Kalton, is now shipping. I have no idea what it means but Amazon ran out in just a few days of starting to sell their batch! Of course it could only be that they bought just a few copies from Springer! But the demand is apparently up. The second batch appears to have also sold out and they had to order more.
I'm not necessarily promoting Amazon (though a few of my former students now work there) but here is the link to see the book at their site:
If you support a local bookstore and are thinking about buying it you might consider asking them to order a copy for you.
I've been on a bit of a hiatus from writing blog posts. The final stretch of getting the book out was exhausting so I've been taking it easy. As soon as I catch my breath I will get back to questioning a lot of things. There certainly are a lot of things to question these days!
George
Got my copy this morning thanks to Amazon's USPS Sunday delivery deal.
Posted by: Jim Mosora | November 23, 2014 at 08:20 AM
My order is placed!
Posted by: Paul Chefurka | November 28, 2014 at 03:48 PM
Just cracked open my copy this morning. I think it's going to be a real page-turner!
Posted by: Paul Chefurka | December 08, 2014 at 06:21 AM
Almost through with Chap2 and loving it.
"If only" I had the time/leisure ;) I'd definitely be on the introductory courses based on this textbook.
Great addition for my own repertoire of advise to my daughters. Systems science perspective will hopefully be ingrained in their psyche when they start considering higher ed.
Posted by: Simon C | December 11, 2014 at 08:32 AM
I got a gift card for Amazon for Christmas, so I ordered it yesterday, it shipped today, and I should have it on Sunday.
Posted by: t0wnp1ann3r | December 26, 2014 at 02:21 PM