Research Catalog

Title

Rebel genius : Warren S. McCulloch's transdisciplinary life in science / Tara H. Abraham.

Author

Abraham, Tara H.

Publication

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2017.

Details

Description

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Summary

Warren S. McCulloch (1898-1969) has become an icon of the American cybernetics movement and of current work in the cognitive neurosciences. Much of this legacy stems from his classic 1943 work with Walter Pitts on the logic of neural networks, and from his colourful role as chairman of the Macy Conferences on Cybernetics (1946-1953). This biographical work looks beyond McCulloch's iconic status by exploring the varied scientific, personal, and institutional contexts of McCulloch's life.

Subject

• McCulloch, Warren S. 1898-1969
• Neurophysiologists > United States > Biography
• Brain > Research > History > United States > 20th century
• Cybernetics > United States > Biography
• Cybernetics > United States > History > 20th century
• Neuropsychiatry > United States > Biography
• Mentoring in science > United States > History > 20th century
• Engineers > United States > Biography

Note

• Previously issued in print: 2016.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience (note)

• Specialized.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 3, 2017).

ISBN

9780262335386

OCLC

EDZ0001721616

Author

Abraham, Tara H., author.

Title

Rebel genius : Warren S. McCulloch's transdisciplinary life in science / Tara H. Abraham.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2017.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Audience

Specialized.

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