The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and SocietyAvon Books, 1973 - 288 páginas |
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... whole , if indeed there is a whole universe , tends to run down ; there are local enclaves whose direction seems op- posed to that of the universe at large and in which there is a limited and temporary tend- ency for organization to ...
... whole , if indeed there is a whole universe , tends to run down ; there are local enclaves whose direction seems op- posed to that of the universe at large and in which there is a limited and temporary tend- ency for organization to ...
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... whole of a closed system , is definitely not valid concerning a non - isolated part of it . There are local and temporary islands of decreasing entropy in a world in which the entropy as a whole tends to increase , and the existence of ...
... whole of a closed system , is definitely not valid concerning a non - isolated part of it . There are local and temporary islands of decreasing entropy in a world in which the entropy as a whole tends to increase , and the existence of ...
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... whole policy of con- duct or pattern of behavior is fed back , en- abling the organism to change its strategic plan- ning of further action . It is fairly easy to see how this concept of feedback can be further extended to the realm of ...
... whole policy of con- duct or pattern of behavior is fed back , en- abling the organism to change its strategic plan- ning of further action . It is fairly easy to see how this concept of feedback can be further extended to the realm of ...
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Preface | 13 |
Cybernetics in History | 23 |
Progress and Entropy | 41 |
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