Purposive Systems - The First Annual Symposium of the American Society for Cybernetics

von Foerster, Heinz; White, J.D.; Peterson, L.J.; Russell, J.K.; Mead, Margaret

Beschreibung

New York: Spartan Books, 1968. xvi [vi], 179 p., original black cloth with spine stamped in gilt. First edition of this scarce work, a collection of papers presented at the National Bureau of Standards in Gaithersburg, MD in 1968, with Introduction by Margaret Mead, and featuring an essay by her as well (The Cybernetics of Cybernetics). Other works include 'The Neurophysiology of Purposive Behavior' by Ralph W Gerard, 'Simulation of Thinking Processes' by Nicolai M. Amosov, 'The Future of Man-Machine Languages' by Yehoshua Bar-Hillel and others. Light rubbing to boards, outer margin of p. 50-65 creased, with signature in felt pen to front page page ends, but an otherwise clean copy, in a better than VG jacket with 4" closed tear to lower rear panel (mended with clear archival tape), small chip to upper rear panel adjacent spine joint, with small closed tear to areas adjacent, crease to lower rear jacket panel, a few small small closed tear to jacket edges, but an attractive copy overall of a scarce title. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1682874185467

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Titel: Purposive Systems - The First Annual ...

Einband: Hardcover

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