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Item Details
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UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING
ESSAYS ON CYBERNETICS AND COGNITION |
| By: |
Heinz Von Foerster |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£159.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0387953922 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780387953922 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
| Pub. date: |
14 November, 2002 |
| Edition: |
2003 ed. |
| Pages: |
374 |
| Description: |
Heinz von Foerster is one of the founders of the science of cybernetics: he produced the first parallel computers and contributed to many other path-breaking developments. Here, he discusses some of the fundamental principles that govern how we know the world and how we process the information from which we derive that knowledge. |
| Synopsis: |
In these ground-breaking essays, Heinz von Foerster discusses some of the fundamental principles that govern how we know the world and how we process the information from which we derive that knowledge. The author was one of the founders of the science of cybernetics. |
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biography |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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