Designing Freedom
Published on 30. December 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
110 pages
978-0-88784-547-5 (ISBN)
Description
Distinguished cyberneticist Stafford Beer states the case for a new science of systems theory and cybernetics. His essays examine such issues as The Real Threat to All We Hold Most Dear, The Discarded Tools of Modern Man, A Liberty Machine in Prototype, Science in the Service of Man, The Future That Can Be Demanded Now, The Free Man in a Cybernetic World.
Designing Freedom ponders the possibilities of liberty in a cybernetic world.
Designing Freedom ponders the possibilities of liberty in a cybernetic world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Concord
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
132 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88784-547-5 (9780887845475)
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Person
Stafford Beer, an international consultant in the sciences of management and effective organization, wrote hundreds of papers and articles and five books. He died in August 2002.