Heinz von Foerster

Scientist, Award Winner

1911 – 2002

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Who was Heinz von Foerster?

Heinz von Foerster was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy. Together with Warren McCulloch, Norbert Wiener, John von Neumann, Lawrence J. Fogel, and others, Heinz von Foerster was an architect of cybernetics.

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Born
Nov 13, 1911
Vienna
Also known as
  • Фёрстер, Хейнц фон
Nationality
  • Austria
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Vienna University of Technology
  • PhD, University of Wrocław
    Physics
    ( - 1944)
Lived in
  • Vienna
  • Pescadero
    (1976 - 2002/10/02)
Died
Oct 2, 2002
Pescadero

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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