The Cybernetic Brain - Sketches of Another Future

Zusammenfassung Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. This title follows the history of cybernetics' impact on the world, from contemporary robotics and complexity theory to the Chilean economy under Salvador Allende.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Pickering
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2010
• EAN: 9780226667898
• ISBN: 978-0-226-66789-8
• No. of pages: 536
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 237 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, COMPUTERS / Cybernetics, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Cybernetics and systems theory