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  • TR No. 4: A Predictive Model for Self Organizing Systems, Gordon Pask and Heinz von Foerster, June 1960
    Document | 1960 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Biological Computer Laboratory Publications including proposals, reports, technical reports and publications lists for research projects supported by the Air Force, Navy and National Aeronautics and Space Administration contracts and grants for research on the technological realization of computational mechanisms observed in living organisms, the theory and application of co...
  • TR No. 7: The Set Theory of Mechanism and Homeostasis, W. Ross Ashby, September 1962
    Document | 1962 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Biological Computer Laboratory Publications including proposals, reports, technical reports and publications lists for research projects supported by the Air Force, Navy and National Aeronautics and Space Administration contracts and grants for research on the technological realization of computational mechanisms observed in living organisms, the theory and application of co...
  • Wells, Oliver, 1959, 1967-69, 1971-72
    Document | 1971-1972 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • McCulloch, Warren S. and Rook, 1945, 1947-49, 1952-55, 1957-60, 1963-64, 1966, 1968-70, 1972 (2 of 6)
    Document | 1945 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • McHale, John, 1970-71, 1973-74
    Document | 1973-1974 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Madden, Robert, 1965-71, 1973
    Document | 1965-1971 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Canney, Heyward E., Jr.
    Document | 1965-1966 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)The McCulloch Papers Collection is comprised of 50 linear feet of the professional correspondence of the cyberneticist, psychologist, and philosopher, Warren Sturgis McCulloch. The collection centers on McCulloch's study of the functional organization of the central nervous system and its implications for cybernetic theory.
  • Greene, Peter, 1962, 1966, 1970-72, 1974 (2 of 2)
    Document | 1962 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Ijams, Karl, 1967
    Document | 1967 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Volume 8 (October, 1944 – June, 1945), pp. 1800 – 1959
    Document | 1944-1945 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)The British Library archive consists of journals, index cards, books, manuscripts, notes and offprints, glass slides and letters to and from W. Ross Ashby as well as a small number of letters received by Mrs Elsie Ashby following W. Ross Ashby's death.
  • Bateson, Gregory, 1971-74
    Document | 1971-1974 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Ashby, W. Ross - Obituary, 1976 (2 of 2)
    Document | 1976 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Klir, George, 1970-71, 1973
    Document | 1970-1971 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Meetings, I-X
    Document | 1946-1955 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)The McCulloch Papers Collection is comprised of 50 linear feet of the professional correspondence of the cyberneticist, psychologist, and philosopher, Warren Sturgis McCulloch. The collection centers on McCulloch's study of the functional organization of the central nervous system and its implications for cybernetic theory.
  • Volume 5 (July, 1941 – November, 1942), pp. 971 – 1176
    Document | 1941-1942 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)The British Library archive consists of journals, index cards, books, manuscripts, notes and offprints, glass slides and letters to and from W. Ross Ashby as well as a small number of letters received by Mrs Elsie Ashby following W. Ross Ashby's death.
  • Fubini, Eugene G.
    Document | 1968-1969 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)The McCulloch Papers Collection is comprised of 50 linear feet of the professional correspondence of the cyberneticist, psychologist, and philosopher, Warren Sturgis McCulloch. The collection centers on McCulloch's study of the functional organization of the central nervous system and its implications for cybernetic theory.
  • Volume 11 (March, 1948 – December, 1949), pp. 2430 – 2696.
    Document | 1948-1949 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)The British Library archive consists of journals, index cards, books, manuscripts, notes and offprints, glass slides and letters to and from W. Ross Ashby as well as a small number of letters received by Mrs Elsie Ashby following W. Ross Ashby's death.
  • Günther, Gotthard (1 of 5)
    Document | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Bard, Philip
    Document | 1947-1954 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)The McCulloch Papers Collection is comprised of 50 linear feet of the professional correspondence of the cyberneticist, psychologist, and philosopher, Warren Sturgis McCulloch. The collection centers on McCulloch's study of the functional organization of the central nervous system and its implications for cybernetic theory.
  • Ashby, W. Ross - Obituary, 1976 (1 of 2)
    Document | 1976 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • De Koven, Don
    Document | 1963-1969 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)The McCulloch Papers Collection is comprised of 50 linear feet of the professional correspondence of the cyberneticist, psychologist, and philosopher, Warren Sturgis McCulloch. The collection centers on McCulloch's study of the functional organization of the central nervous system and its implications for cybernetic theory.
  • Hyde, Gordon, 1972-73
    Document | 1972-1973 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Pask, Gordon, 1973-76
    Document | 1973-1976 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Irtem, Ali, 1960-64, 1967
    Document | 1960-1964 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Martin, Bob, 1975-76
    Document | 1975-1976 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Glanville, Ranulph, 1974-76
    Document | 1974-1976 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
  • Esser, Aristide H.
    Document | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
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