The author, about whom no information is given, begins with a not completely coherent description of the philosophy, history, and concept of Living Systems—quoting often from Alfred North Whitehead and touching on topics ranging from multidisciplinary thinking and hierarchical systems to business cycles and alternative interpretations of the concept of entropy. The second part of the book discusses the simulation of interactions between the nine levels (cell, organ, organism, group, organization, community, society, supranational society, Earth) and their subsystems; Frandberg includes examples as well as a system of codes and symbols.
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