Preface Chapter One Humanity Requires a New Reasoning Method Section Ⅰ All Things Are Numbered: The Universe in a Wine Glass 1.Descartes' Dream: Deductive Reasoning，the "Divide and Conquer" Approach 2.God Created Numbers，and Everything Else Is up to Humanity 3.The Victory ofReductionism: 400 Years ofGlory 4.The Pinnacle of "Divide and Conque" An Era of Atomic Energy Section Ⅱ Union After Long Division: The Reconstruction of the Systems Approach 1.The Era of "Union After Long Division" Has Arrived in the 21st Century 2.Systems Theory,Cybernetics，and Information Theory 3.Dissipative Structure Theory, Synergy Theory and Catastrophe Theory 4.The Santa Fe Institute and New Ideas on Complex Theory Section Ⅲ The Direction: Hsue-shen Tsien's Answer 1.The Gottingen School of Thought and the Ideology of Technical Science 2.The Development of Hsue-shen Tsien's Approach to Technical Science 3.The Birth of Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering Summary Chapter Two The Call of the Times: Creating Systems Science Section Ⅰ Tinder Awakening: From Aerospace Practice to Theoretical Innovation 1.The Growth of Systems Engineering During Trying Times 2.Hsue-shen Tsien Opened the Prelude of Chinds System Engineering 3.Hsue-shen Tsien Triggered a Wave of Chinese System Engineering Section Ⅱ Sparkling Fire: From Engineering Systems to Social Systems 1.Symposium on Systems and Its Impact 2.Meta-Synthesis 3.From the Innovation of Methodology to the Emergence of Wisdom Section Ⅲ The Ideological Fire: From the Scientist to the Ideologist 1.From Simple Systems to Complex Systems 2.The Context of Open Complex Giant Systems 3.The Influence of Chinese Systems' Science on the World Section Ⅳ Systems Theory: Realizing the Dialectical Unity of Reductionism and Holism 1.Three Developmental Stages of Systems Science 2.Innovative Contributions of Systems Science Theory 3.The Dialectical Unity of Hsue-shen Tsien's Systems Theory Summary Chapter Three Scientific Foresight Under the system-based thinking Section Ⅰ NuclerrPower 1.Exploring the Scientific Application of Nuclear Power 2.Modern Warfare with Nuclear Decerrence Section Ⅱ Landing on the Moon 1.Humanity's Bold Vision of Landing on the Moon 2.Three Steps of China's Lunar Exploration Project Section Ⅲ Space Shuttle 1.Advanced Thinking on Space Shuttles 2.Forward-Looking Innovations in the Field of Rockets and Aerospace 3.Accurate Research and Judgment on Chinas Manned Spaceflight Section Ⅳ New Energy Vehicles 1.Strategic Vision for New Energy Vehicles 2.Robust Development of New Energy Vehicles in the World 3.The Future of Chinas New Energy Vehicles
Section Ⅴ High-Tech Industries 1.The Conception of High-Tech Industries 2.The Development of Chinas High-Tech Industry Section Ⅵ Development of Modem Science and Technology System 1.The Prediction about Scientific and Technological Development 2.The Conception of a Modern Science and Technology System Summary Chapter Four From This Shore to Another: The Conjecture about a New World Section Ⅰ "What" and "How" 1.Scientific Interpretation of the Patterns of Social Development 2.The Historical Correction of the Industrial Revolution 3.Deep Insights into Future Industries Section Ⅱ Minimal Information Triggers a BigWave 1.The Core of the Fifth Industrial Revolution Is Information 2.Steering the Space-Terrestrial Integrated Network Away from the "Tragedy of the Commons" at the Macro Level 3.Eliminating Uncertainty in Decision-Making at the Micro Level Section Ⅲ The Future of the Large Bio-Industry 1.The Sixth Industrial Revolution and Biotechnology 2.Providing New Development Ideas for Rural Revitalization 3.Building A Community Between Humans and Nature Section Ⅳ Climbing the "Mount Everest" of the Scientific World 1.Human Science: The Seventh Industrial Revolution 2.Jumping Out of the "Curative Medicine" Mindset Section Ⅴ The Modern Answer to "Hsue-shen Tsien's Problems" 1.Education Method: Integrate Great Knowledge to obtain Wisdom 2.Education Method: Stimulating Innovative Thinking by Using the Integration of Five Quotients 3.Education Method: The Simultaneous Development in Four Measures will Promote the Emergence of Innovative Talents 4.Education Tool: The Innovative Practice of Meta-Synthetic Wisdom Education Section Ⅵ Trans-Era Resonance in Thoughts 1.Architecture-like Scientific Governance of a Society 2.Advance from Practical Application to Realization of Hsue shen Tsien's Systematic Thinking 3.Systems Approach in the New Era: A New Journey of Governing the Country Summary Conclusion Postscript
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