From newspeak to cyberspeak : a history of Soviet cybernetics

From newspeak to cyberspeak : a history of Soviet cybernetics / Slava Gerovitch.

In this book, Slava Gerovitch argues that Soviet cybernetics was not just an intellectual trend but a social movement for radical reform in science and society as a whole. Followers of cybernetics viewed computer simulation as a universal method of problem solving and the language of cybernetics as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerovitch, Slava
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Cybernetics > Soviet Union > History.
COMPUTERS > Cybernetics.
Cybernetics
Cybernetica.
Automatisering.
Soviet Union
Sovjet-Unie.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Soviet Science and Politics through the Prism of Language
  • 1. Cold War in Code Words: The Newspeak of Soviet Science. Balancing Military and Ideological Priorities for Cold War Science. Shifting Boundaries between Knowledge and Ideology. Newspeak: The Fundamentals. Scientific Newspeak. "Formalism" as a Floating Signifier. From Formulas to "Formalism" in Mathematics. From Literary Form to "Formalism" in Linguistics. Specter of "Idealism" in Physiology
  • 2. Cyberspeak: A Universal Language for Men and Machines. Norbert Wiener and Andrei Kolmogorov: Two Mathematicians Tackle Biology. Control via Feedback: The Body as a Servomechanism. Order of Life: The Organism as an Entropy-Reducing Machine.

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