Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Avis d'utilisateur - Dan Rera - GoodreadsThis was a very interesting book. It had some idiosyncrasies that prevented me from giving it a higher rating, but other than that, the subject matter and breath were fascinating enough for me to ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Avis d'utilisateur - Ilya - GoodreadsThis is a disorganized book that mixes super-brief mathematical treatment of statistical mechanics, ergodic theory, control theory and stochastic processes with an explanation of the difference ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Avis d'utilisateur - Jeff Rowe - GoodreadsI picked this up after reading "The Information". I'm familiar with Shannon's work on information theory but had never read, and wasn't even aware of Norbert Wiener's contributions. Some nice ideas on ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Avis d'utilisateur - Anthony Faber - GoodreadsHe pulls too many formulae out of his hat, so I had trouble following the technical parts and the biology is somewhat outdated, but it's a good read, if you skim over the gory details, but there are a lot of gory details. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
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Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Avis d'utilisateur - Kyle - GoodreadsWow. If you are perhaps a science/engineering sort who takes to feedback & control theory, you find that you can apply it to anything! Some thinkers have already been there & done that, though, as ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Avis d'utilisateur - Maureen - GoodreadsI stumbled through this book the best I could as a non-mathematician, because a friend suggested I read it. There was also a movement afoot in the psychology world at the time called "Psycho ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Avis d'utilisateur - Katie - Goodreads"Balls out" actually refers to a mechanical technique for controlling the valves of a steam engine, and not to anatomy. Who knew? I read this for Brian Bingham's Controls course. It was swell! Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Avis d'utilisateur - spencer - GoodreadsThis book contains a Fourier transform. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
Avis d'utilisateur - Ben - GoodreadsMost of my reaction to this book is incidental to its content: First, it's funny what once passed for pop science. The reviews on the back from the Saturday Evening Post and others hail its ... Consulter l'avis complet