Difference between revisions of "Post-War Cybernetics"
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In the years just before, during and after the second world war, emerging tendencies in scientific thought coalesced into a new field which [[Norbert Wiener]] called [[cybernetics]]. This discipline formed at the crossroads of computer science, electrical engineering, biology and social science. | In the years just before, during and after the second world war, emerging tendencies in scientific thought coalesced into a new field which [[Norbert Wiener]] called [[cybernetics]]. This discipline formed at the crossroads of computer science, electrical engineering, biology and social science. | ||
| − | Cybernetics | + | Cybernetics played a key role in the development of modern theories about life, society, information, and the use of computers. It was notably a major influence on [[Stewart Brand]] and the [[Whole Earth]] movement. |
| − | == | + | ==Post-war cyberneticians== |
| − | Figures who made | + | Figures who made contributions to [[cybernetics]] in this period include: |
*[[Gregory Bateson]], anthropologist | *[[Gregory Bateson]], anthropologist | ||
*[[Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy]], biologist | *[[Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy]], biologist | ||
