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245 14 a| The beginning of heaven and Earth has no nameh| [electronic resource] :b| seven days with second-order cybernetics /c| Heinz von Foerster ; edited by Albert Müller and Karl H. Müller ; translated by Elinor Rooks and Michael Kasenbacher.;

250 a| First edition.;

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300 a| xxiv, 204 pages ;c| 24 cm.;

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The beginning of heaven and Earth has no name seven days with second-order cybernetics / Heinz von Foerster ; edited by Albert Müller and Karl H. Müller ; translated by Elinor Rooks and Michael Kasenbacher.

Author/creator	Von Foerster, Heinz
Other author	Müller, Albert, 1959-
Other author	Müller, Karl H.
Format	Electronic
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Description	xxiv, 204 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Cybernetics. Knowledge, Theory of. Science--Philosophy.

Uniform title	Anfang von Himmel und Erde hat keinen Namen. English
Series	Meaning systems
Contents	Machine generated contents note: -- A Fore-word by the Series Editor -- An Author's Fore-words -- Fore-wards with Two Editors -- Fore-taste of an Author with Two Editors -- 1. First Day: Building Blocks, Observers, Emergence, Trivial Machines -- 2. Second Day: Innovation, Life, Order, Thermodynamics -- 3. Third Day: Movement, Species, Recursion, Selectivity -- 4. Fourth Day: Cognition, Perception, Memory, Symbols -- 5. Fifth Day: Communicating, Talking, Thinking, Falling -- 6. Sixth Day: Experiences, Heuristics, Plans, Futures -- 7. Seventh Day: Rest, Rest, Rest, Rest -- Epilogue in Heaven. -- Translators' Notes -- Notes.
Abstract	"Heinz von Foerster was the inventor of second-order cybernetics, which recognizes the investigator as part of the system he is investigating. The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name provides an accessible, nonmathematical, and comprehensive overview of von Foerster's cybernetic ideas and of the philosophy latent within them. It distills concepts scattered across the lifework of this scientific polymath and influential interdisciplinarian. At the same time, as a book-length interview, it does justice to von Foerster's élan as a speaker and improviser, his skill as a raconteur. Developed from a week-long conversation between the editors and von Foerster near the end of his life, this work playfully engages von Foerster in developing the difference his notion of second-order cybernetics makes for topics ranging from emergence, life, order, and thermodynamics to observation, recursion, cognition, perception, memory, and communication. The book gives an English-speaking audience a new ease of access to the rich thought and generous spirit of this remarkable and protean thinker"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013030580
ISBN	9780823255603 (hardback)
ISBN	9780823255610 (paper)

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