Sorry i disagree, WR Ashby was a great pioneer on many aspect, even if this is not law... http://www.rossashby.info/ http://www.rossashby.info/ contain so much

Sorry i disagree, WR Ashby was a great pioneer on many aspect, even if this is not law... http://www.rossashby.info/ http://www.rossashby.info/ contain so much interesting content. Also please, look at the (huge) work of Manfred Drack and David Pouvreau (thesis of 1000 pages, David Pouvreau is a french mathemacian : https://www.theses.fr/174821581 https://www.theses.fr/174821581) on LW Bertalanfy and the important role of Ashby.