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Models of My Life by Herbert A Simon
In this candid and witty autobiography, Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon looks at his distinguished and varied career, continually asking himself whether (and how) what he learned as a scientist helps to explain other aspects of his life.A brilliant polymath in an age of increasing specialization, Simon is one of those rare scholars whose work defines fields of inquiry. Crossing disciplinary lines in half a dozen fields, Simon's story encompasses an explosion in the information sciences, the transformation of psychology by the information-processing paradigm, and the use of computer simulation for modeling the behavior of highly complex systems.Simon's theory of bounded rationality led to a Nobel Prize in economics, and his work on building machines that think--based on the notion that human intelligence is the rule-governed manipulation of symbols--laid conceptual foundations for the new cognitive science. Subsequently, contrasting metaphors of the maze (Simon's view) and of the mind (neural nets) have dominated the artificial intelligence debate.There is also a warm account of his successful marriage and of an unconsummated love affair, letters to his children, columns, a short story, and political and personal intrigue in academe.
The late Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001), Carnegie-Mellon University, US and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1978, Massimo Egidi, LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome, Italy, Riccardo Viale, University of Milano-Bicocca and the Herbert Simon Society, Italy and the late Robin Marris, formerly Professor Emeritus, Birkbeck College, London, UK
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780262691857 |
| ISBN 10 | 026269185X |
| Title | Models of My Life |
| Author | Herbert A Simon |
| Series | The Mit Press |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1996-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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