especially implant technology. Duncan J. Watts American professor of sociology Paul Watzlawick (1921–2007) Geoffrey West (born 1940) British physicist Douglas R. White (1942–2021) American complexity researcher, social anthropologist and sociologist. Brian Wilson British systems scientist, known for his development of Soft systems methodology. Stephen Wolfram (born 1959) English theorist known for his work in theoretical particle physics, cellular automata, complexity theory, and computer algebra. A. Wayne Wymore (1927–2011) American mathematician and systems engineer. Founder and first Chairman of Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) Department at the University of Arizona. Warren Weaver (1894–1978) American mathematician and communication scientist Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) American mathematician and one of the founders of cybernetics X Y Z Lotfi Asker Zadeh Erik Christopher Zeeman (1925–2016) Japanese-born British mathematician known for work in geometric topology and singularity theory. Gerard de Zeeuw (born 1936) Dutch scientist and professor Mathematical modelling of complex social systems at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. See also List of systems engineers People in systems and control List of systems sciences organizations References External links Collaborative projects of the ISSS with a lot of information about the field of systems science. Principia Cybernetica website. A history of cybernetics Systems scientists