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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kline, Ronald R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Information theory.
Cybernetics > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Cybernetique > Aspect social.
Theorie de l'information.
Information Theory
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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