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Norbert and Gregory: Two strands of cybernetics
In this article, I shall examine the way in which information was central to the development of cybernetics. I particularly contrast the different uses of the concept by two key participants in that development – Norbert Wiener, who argued that information was a quasi-physical concept related to the degree of organisation in a system; and Gregory Bateson, who considered information to be a proc...
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In this article, I shall examine the way in which information was central to the development of cybernetics. I particularly contrast the different uses of the concept by two key participants in that development – Norbert Wiener, who argued that information was a quasi-physical concept related to the degree of organisation in a system; and Gregory Bateson, who considered information to be a proc...
متن کاملNorbert Perrimon
methods employed by Darwin alongside modern botanical survey techniques. Wildflower and conservation enthusiasts will be encouraged to help the survey and their findings will be collated and added to the Natural History Museum’s collections. They will be included in the botany collection soon to be housed in phase two of the Darwin Centre. This phase will provide new storage facilities to safeg...
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T hrough the week of October 8–14, 1994, a conference entitled “The Legacy of Norbert Wiener: A Centennial Symposium” was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The idea, of course, was to honor Norbert Wiener on this occasion and to review his contributions to mathematics, science, and engineering, but a deeper purpose was to bring out the significance of the interactions among the...
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As a child, one of Norbert Perrimon’s first introductions to the scientific method came from his father. Perrimon’s father was interested in geology. “Often we would go to various areas in Normandy, where I grew up, and collect different types of soils, rocks, and fossils. I always found it quite interesting to see how from the collection of different bits and pieces, you could draw complex geo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Information, Communication & Society
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1369-118X,1468-4462
DOI: 10.1080/13691180902956868