Heinz Von Foerster
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 22 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 13,1911 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Vienna |
| Austria | |
| Date of died | October 2,2002 |
| Died | Pescadero |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Known for | Second-order cybernetics |
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| Job | Scientist |
| Education | University of Wrocław |
| Vienna University of Technology | |
| Books | Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition |
| The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name: Seven Days with Second-Order Cybernetics | |
| Part of the World: Fractals of Ethics - a Drama in Three Acts | |
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| Observing Systems | |
| Parents | Emil von Förster |
| Lilith Lang | |
| Influence | Gregory Bateson |
| W. Ross Ashby | |
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| Ludwig Wittgenstein | |
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| Gordon Pask | |
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| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada |
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| ID | 540974 |
Heinz Von Foerster Life story
Heinz von Foerster was an Austrian-American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of second-order cybernetics. He was twice a Guggenheim fellow and also was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980.
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