The Cybernetics Moment : Or Why We Call Our Age the Information Age.
Kline, Ronald R.
The Cybernetics Moment : Or Why We Call Our Age the Information Age. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (351 pages) - New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History Series . - New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 War and Information Theory -- 2 Circular Causality -- 3 The Cybernetics Craze -- 4. The Information Bandwagon -- 5 Humans as Machines -- 6 Machines as Human -- 7 Cybernetics in Crisis -- 8 Inventing an Information Age -- 9 Two Cybernetic Frontiers -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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.
9781421416724
Information theory.
Cybernetics-Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Q360 .K56 2015
303.48/33
The Cybernetics Moment : Or Why We Call Our Age the Information Age. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (351 pages) - New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History Series . - New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 War and Information Theory -- 2 Circular Causality -- 3 The Cybernetics Craze -- 4. The Information Bandwagon -- 5 Humans as Machines -- 6 Machines as Human -- 7 Cybernetics in Crisis -- 8 Inventing an Information Age -- 9 Two Cybernetic Frontiers -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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.
9781421416724
Information theory.
Cybernetics-Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Q360 .K56 2015
303.48/33