W. Ross Ashby
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 51 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 6,1903 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Lewisham |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | November 15,1972 |
| Died | Tockington |
| United Kingdom | |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
| Cybernetics | |
| Systems theory | |
| Job | Psychiatrist |
| Education | Sidney Sussex College |
| University of Cambridge | |
| Books | The Process of Model-building in the Behavioral Sciences |
| An introduction to cybernetics | |
| Design for a Brain | |
| Mechanisms of Intelligence: Ashby's Writings on Cybernetics | |
| Known for | Cybernetics, Law of Requisite Variety, Principle of Self-organization |
| Influencees | Norbert Wiener |
| Heinz von Foerster | |
| Nationality | English |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 555881 |
W. Ross Ashby Life story
William Ross Ashby was an English psychiatrist and a pioneer in cybernetics, the study of the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things. His first name was not used: he was known as Ross Ashby.
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