Norbert and gregory: Two strands of cybernetics

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 735-749

  Ramage, Magnus ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Cyborgs; Gregory Bateson; History of ideas; Information; Norbert Wiener

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449567647     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180902956868     Document Type: Article

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