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The cybernetics moment, or, why we call our age the information age / Ronald R. Kline.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kline, Ronald R., author.
- Series:
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
- New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information theory.
- Cybernetics--Social aspects.
- Cybernetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (351 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ultimately, he reveals the crucial role played by the cybernetics moment--when cybernetics and information theory were seen as universal sciences--in setting the stage for our current preoccupation with information technologies.
- Contents:
- War and information theory
- Circular causality
- The cybernetics craze
- The information bandwagon
- Humans as machines
- Machines as human
- Cybernetics in crisis
- Inventing an information age
- Two cybernetic frontiers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-1672-7
- OCLC:
- 910662998
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