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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:45:25 -0500
- From: "Kenneth L. Simons" <ks3y+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: free Beyond the Limits program
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- Readers interested in Beyond the Limits can get a free Macintosh program
- to use and learn about the "World3" model of Beyond the Limits. (This
- is the same model as in the book The Limits to Growth.) Also available
- is a Macintosh program about the Daisyworld model, which illustrates the
- Gaia hypothesis.
-
- These programs are available by FTP from "furmint.nectar.cs.cmu.edu";
- use the user name "anonymous". Look in the directory "global.models".
-
- Descriptions follow:
-
- The Beyond the Limits program uses the "World3" computer model of the
- book Beyond the Limits. It lets you use the model, change the model,
- and see the consequences of your changes. The model can help you think
- about possible world futures, and help you investigate possible effects
- of global policies. Background information in the software describes
- how to use the model, diagrams of the model, criticisms of the model,
- how to get information about it and other global models, and how to
- learn with it. Use the program in conjunction with the book Beyond the
- Limits.
-
- The Gaia Hypothesis and Daisyworld program lets you use the "Daisyworld"
- model, which illustrates the Gaia hypothesis. The program includes an
- introduction; detailed information about the Gaia hypothesis, the model,
- and criticisms of the model; a simple animated version of the model; and
- a more detailed version of the model. You can change the model and see
- the consequences of your changes. Classroom exercises are included.
-
-