Andrew Pickering

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The Cybernetic Brain

Sketches of Another Future

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Andrew Pickering is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several books, including Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics and The Mangle of Practice: Time, Agency, and Science, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9780226667904
• ISBN-10: 0226667901
• Artikelnr.: 33253087