Design for a Brain

Langue : anglais

Edité par Chapman & Hall Ltd., London, 1952

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First edition, first impression: London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1952. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt with a star motif, gilt brain vignette to the front board. With the original pictorial dust jacket, priced 36s. net. A very good copy, the binding firm with a knock to the top corner of the upper board and a touch of rubbing to the spine tips. There are a few light marks to the boards, including a small area of marking to the lower board. Internally clean and fresh, with a small previous owner signature to the front free endpaper. The original and unclipped dust jacket shows some chipping to the spine tips, corners, and the top edge of the upper panel, along with a couple of tears to the bottom edge. There is an area of marking visible on the verso of the lower panel which is associated with the marking on the board; overall, however, it remains a bright and attractive example of a rare jacket. W. Ross Ashby's first work in book form stands as a foundational work on cybernetics and artificial intelligence. A psychiatrist by trade, Ashby sought to explain the origin of the brain's adaptive behaviour through purely mechanistic means. In this volume, he introduced the concept of the "homeostat," a machine capable of returning to a state of equilibrium after being disturbed, effectively simulating biological adaptation. While his name is perhaps less familiar than those of the luminaries he influenced - such as Herbert A. Simon, Norbert Wiener, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Stafford Beer, Stanley Milgram, and Stuart Kauffman - his contributions remain deeply influential within the fields of systems theory and complex systems. Ashby's meticulous intellectual process was recorded in a journal spanning over 44 years, beginning in 1928 during his medical studies at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Comprising 25 volumes and over 7,000 pages, these records - now held by the British Library and available as a digital archive - reveal a man who initially viewed his theorizing as a private hobby. His eventual decision to publish caused him significant distress; he confessed a fear of becoming "conspicuous" and expressed a modest ambition "someday to produce something faultless." This first book was the product of immense effort; Ashby found the writing process so challenging that he sought help through correspondence courses in effective English to ensure his revolutionary ideas were articulated with precision. Along with his 1956 follow-up, An Introduction to Cybernetics, this volume helped define the intellectual landscape of the mid-twentieth century's transition into the information age.

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
Design for a Brain
Auteur
Ashby, W. Ross
Éditeur
Chapman & Hall Ltd., London
Année de publication
1952
État de l'article
Assez bon
Jaquette
Assez bon
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
Édition
Edition originale
Impression
1er tirage
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