W. Ross Ashby

W. Ross Ashby
W. Ross Ashby
	W. Ross Ashby (1948)
Born	6 September 1903; London, England
Died	15 November 1972 (aged 69)
Known for	Cybernetics, Law of Requisite Variety, Principle of Self-organization
	Scientific career
Fields	Psychiatry, Cybernetics, Systems theory
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William Ross Ashby (6 September 1903 – 15 November 1972) 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.^[1]^: 91

His two books, Design for a Brain and An Introduction to Cybernetics, introduced exact and logical thinking into the brand new discipline of cybernetics and were highly influential.^[1]^: 93 These "missionary works" along with his technical contributions made Ashby "the major theoretician of cybernetics after Wiener".^[2]^[3]^: 28

^ ^a ^b Pickering, Andrew (2010). The Cybernetic Brain. London: University of Chicago Press.
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[Pickering_Brain-1] Pickering, Andrew (2010). The Cybernetic Brain. London: University of Chicago Press.

[Lilienfeld_Systems-2] Cite error: The named reference Lilienfeld Systems was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Klir_Architecture-3] Cite error: The named reference Klir Architecture was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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W. Ross Ashby
W. Ross Ashby (1948)
Born	(1903-09-06)6 September 1903 London, England
Died	15 November 1972(1972-11-15) (aged 69)
Known for	Cybernetics, Law of Requisite Variety, Principle of Self-organization
Scientific career
Fields	Psychiatry, Cybernetics, Systems theory

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W. Ross Ashby

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