Models of My Life

By:

Herbert A. Simon

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Paperback / softback

Series:

The MIT Press

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In this autobiography, Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon looks at his career, continually asking himself whether (and how) what he learned as a scientist helps to explain other aspects of his life. A polymath in an age of increasing specialization, Simon is one of those scholars whose work may define fields of inquiry. Crossing disciplinary lines in half a dozen fields, Simon's story encompasses the information sciences, the transformation of psychology by the information of computer paradigm, and the use of computer simulation for modelling the behaviour 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 artifical intelligence debate. There is also an 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.

Author Biography:

Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001) was an influential psychologist and political scientist, awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economics and the 1975 Turing Award (with Allen Newell). His many published books include Models of Bounded Rationality and Models of My Life (both published by the MIT Press)..

Release date Australia

October 8th, 1996

Author

Herbert A. Simon

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

464

Series

The MIT Press

Dimensions

152x229x27

ISBN-13

9780262691857

Product ID

13333165

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