Cybernetics Books

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Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 778 ratings — published 1948
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The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 951 ratings — published 1949
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The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 140 ratings — published 2010
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An Introduction to Cybernetics An Introduction to Cybernetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.07 — 134 ratings — published 1956
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How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.08 — 915 ratings — published 1999
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Brain of the Firm (Classic Beer Series) Brain of the Firm (Classic Beer Series)
by (shelved 27 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.28 — 131 ratings — published 1972
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Designing Freedom Designing Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.19 — 193 ratings — published 1974
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Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,496 ratings — published 1972
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Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences) Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences)
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avg rating 4.27 — 823 ratings — published
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The Cybernetic Hypothesis The Cybernetic Hypothesis (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 17 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.00 — 283 ratings — published 2001
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Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 332 ratings — published 2011
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Design for a Brain Design for a Brain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 53 ratings — published 1952
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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,726 ratings — published 1992
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Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42) Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42)
by (shelved 14 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.26 — 345 ratings — published 1973
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Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.24 — 25 ratings — published 2002
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The Mathematical Theory of Communication The Mathematical Theory of Communication (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.38 — 701 ratings — published 1949
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From Newspeak to Cyberspeak: A History of Soviet Cybernetics From Newspeak to Cyberspeak: A History of Soviet Cybernetics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 27 ratings — published 2002
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The Heart of Enterprise (Classic Beer Series) The Heart of Enterprise (Classic Beer Series)
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avg rating 4.36 — 64 ratings — published 1979
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God & Golem, Inc. God & Golem, Inc. (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 302 ratings — published 1964
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Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 117 ratings — published 2004
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Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 29,461 ratings — published 1960
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From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 683 ratings — published 2006
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Diagnosing the System for Organizations Diagnosing the System for Organizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.15 — 52 ratings — published 1985
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Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,913 ratings — published 1990
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.29 — 53,223 ratings — published 1979
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Laws of Form Laws of Form (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 148 ratings — published 1969
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Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.88 — 480 ratings — published 2016
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.18 — 23,390 ratings — published 2008
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Introduction to Systems Theory Introduction to Systems Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.12 — 143 ratings — published 1991
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Platform for Change Platform for Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.21 — 47 ratings — published 1975
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The Computer and the Brain The Computer and the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.91 — 848 ratings — published 1958
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Manifesto cyborg. Donne, tecnologie e biopolitiche del corpo Manifesto cyborg. Donne, tecnologie e biopolitiche del corpo (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.87 — 3,459 ratings — published 1985
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Decision and Control Decision and Control (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.33 — 48 ratings — published 1966
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,286 ratings — published 2011
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Machine Dreams: Economics Becomes a Cyborg Science Machine Dreams: Economics Becomes a Cyborg Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.18 — 45 ratings — published 2001
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An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics) An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics)
by (shelved 7 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.90 — 811 ratings — published 1961
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Cybernetics: The Macy Conferences 1946-1953. The Complete Transactions Cybernetics: The Macy Conferences 1946-1953. The Complete Transactions (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.00 — 3 ratings — published 2016
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Social Systems Social Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.17 — 252 ratings — published 1995
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Heinz Von Foerster 1911-2002 Heinz Von Foerster 1911-2002 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 5.00 — 7 ratings — published 2004
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The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,305 ratings — published 1991
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Cybernetics for the 21st Century Vol. 1: Epistemological Reconstruction (Philosophy, Art and Technology) Cybernetics for the 21st Century Vol. 1: Epistemological Reconstruction (Philosophy, Art and Technology)
by (shelved 6 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.35 — 17 ratings — published
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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,932 ratings — published 2017
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The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.92 — 187 ratings — published 2015
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Recursivity and Contingency (Media Philosophy Book 1) Recursivity and Contingency (Media Philosophy Book 1)
by (shelved 6 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.83 — 78 ratings — published
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Flatline Constructs: Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction Flatline Constructs: Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.13 — 351 ratings — published
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Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
by (shelved 6 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.18 — 34 ratings — published 2002
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The Social Impact of Cybernetics The Social Impact of Cybernetics (paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 1966
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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.89 — 370,793 ratings — published 1984
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The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,282 ratings — published 2024
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Cybernetics Group Cybernetics Group (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cybernetics)
avg rating 3.90 — 10 ratings — published 1991
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Donna J. Haraway
“By the late twentieth century, our time, a mythic time, we are all chimeras, theorized and fabricated hybrids of machine and organism; in short, we are cyborgs.”
Donna Haraway

“IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A CHANGE, you must challenge not only the models of Unreality, but the paradigms that underwrite them.”
Stafford Beer

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