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Two leading contributors to cybernetics have recently died. This communication records matters that arose in correspondence with each of them. Professor Pesi Masani was much…
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Two leading contributors to cybernetics have recently died. This communication records matters that arose in correspondence with each of them. Professor Pesi Masani was much concerned with the adverse social consequences of modem technology, and a particular aspect of this affecting his native India is discussed. Dr Charles Musès believed that insight into basic aspects of biology would stem from study of cross‐kingdom (animal and plant) parasitism, though unfortunately he did not elaborate the basis of this. An example of human infection by a fungus that usually infests plants is quoted, and also findings from the literature on insect‐transmitted plant viruses. The latter suggest that viruses are truly able to span distinct kingdoms in ways that would certainly have interested Dr Musès.
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This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/03684929410054889. When citing the…
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This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/03684929410054889. When citing the article, please cite: Charles Musès, (1994), “Recollections of Norbert Wiener, Warren McCulloch and Stafford Beer”, Kybernetes, Vol. 23 Iss: 2, pp. 58 - 62.
A new and realistic approach to manageable natural sets of morphological and morphogenetic elements is discussed with a view to simplifying computer‐assisted design functions and…
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A new and realistic approach to manageable natural sets of morphological and morphogenetic elements is discussed with a view to simplifying computer‐assisted design functions and rendering such capability more flexible, powerful, and innovative for future needs in CAAD (Computer Assisted Architectural Design). The author believes that despite the violent hubris of a small but shrill party of machine idolators, humanity remains more biological than mechanical, and the salubrious and salutary source of architectural design still rests in the non‐artifactual creativity in which nature abounds, providing the most perennial and enduring source of design for human life and living styles. Computers are said to provide assistance here, especially in human‐interactive feedback loops, as well as can three‐dimensional “sections” of figures in higher spatial dimensions, not necessarily integral.
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Presents recollections of the scientists who were the pioneers of cybernetics, together with an insight into their personalities and lives. Discusses their individual…
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Presents recollections of the scientists who were the pioneers of cybernetics, together with an insight into their personalities and lives. Discusses their individual contributions as the basis for such currently important fields as Artificial Intelligence, Neural Nets, Computer Technology and Robotics. Show these distinguished men as being deeply and vitally involved with larger human and ethical issues.