David A Mindell

Broschiertes Buch

Between Human and Machine

Feedback, Control, and Computing Before Cybernetics

Beschreibung

"In contextualizing the theory of cybernetics, Mindell gives engineering back forgotten parts of its history, and shows how important historical circumstances are to technological change." -- "Networker"

Autor

David A. Mindell is the Frances and David Dibner Associate Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor, which was awarded the Society for the History of Technology's Sally Hacker Prize and is also available from Johns Hopkins.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 439
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 177mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 943g
• ISBN-13: 9780801880575
• ISBN-10: 0801880572
• Artikelnr.: 21736768