Frederic Vester

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Frederic Vester (November 23, 1925 – November 2, 2003) was a German biochemist, and an expert in the field of ecology.[1][2]

Biography

Vester was born in

Max Planck Institute
. In 1970 he founded the private Munich-based Frederic Vester Studiengruppe für Biologie und Umwelt GmbH ("Frederic Vester Study Group for Biology and Environment, Ltd.), renamed Frederic Vester GmbH ("Frederic Vester, Ltd.") after his death.

From 1982 to 1989 he was a

Green Party in Germany. He was a member of the Club of Rome
. He was married to Anne Vester. The couple had three children and six grandchildren. He died in Munich.

Work

Networked thinking

Vester was known as pioneer of networked thinking, a combination of

feedback loops. Simulations of systemic networks can help to decide the long-term effects of singular measures
.

Sensitivity Model

Vester's Sensitivity Model combines these ideas, and has been used since the 1980s in studies by Ford, UNESCO and other organizations.

Publications

Most of Vesters books were published in German as well as in other languages, though seldom in English. A list of his works includes:

  • 1976, Ballungsgebiete in der Krise (Urban Systems in Crisis)
  • 1979, Das Überlebensprogramm (Plan for Survival)
  • 1982, Das kybernetische Zeitalter (The Cybernetic Age)
  • 1985, Ein Baum ist mehr als ein Baum (A Tree is More than a Tree)
  • 1990, Leitmotiv vernetztes Denken (Key Themes of Networked Thinking)
  • 1991, Ausfahrt Zukunft: Strategien für den Verkehr von morgen (Gateway Future: Strategies for the Transportation of Tomorrow)
  • 1999, Crashtest Mobilität (Crash Test Mobility)
  • 2002, Aufmerksamkeit im Unterricht (Attentiveness in the Classroom)
  • 2002, Neuland des Denkens (Uncharted Territory of Thought)
  • 2002, Denken, Lernen, Vergessen (Thinking, Learning, Forgetting)
  • 2002, Phänomen Stress (Phenomenon Stress)
  • 2002, Unsere Welt - ein vernetztes System (Our World - A Networked System)
  • 2007, The Art of interconnected Thinking. Ideas and Tools for Tackling Complexity (MCB)
    ISBN 3-939314-05-6

Vester is also the author of the software tool Sensitivity model and of several cybernetic games:

  • 1997 Ecopolicy – das kybernetische Strategiespiel (Ecopolicy - The Cybernetic Strategy Game)
  • 1980/1996 Ökolopoly. Ein kybernetisches Umweltspiel (Ecopoly - A Cybernetic Environment Game)

References

  1. ^ "Vester Frederic". Saarland Biografien. 1997. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  2. ISBN 978-3-658-42117-5
    .
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-4-431-55639-8
    .

External links
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