The Cybernetics Moment : Or Why We Call Our Age the Information Age /

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Cybernetics--the science of communication and control as it applies to machines and to humans--originates from efforts during World War II to build automatic anti-aircraft systems. Following the war, this science extended beyond military needs to examine all systems that rely on information and feed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kline, Ronald R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Information theory.
Cybernetics > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Cybernetique > Aspect social.
Theorie de l'information.
Information Theory
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • War and information theory
  • Circular causality
  • The cybernetics craze
  • The information bandwagon
  • Humans as machines
  • Machines as human
  • Cybernetics in crisis
  • Inventing an information age
  • Two cybernetic frontiers.

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