Models of My Life: the Remarkable Autobiography of the Nobel Prize Winning Social Scientist and Father of Artificial Intelligence - Softcover

Simon, Herbert A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046504641X ISBN 13: 9780465046416

Publisher: Basic Books, 1992

Synopsis

A Nobel prize-winner in economics and creator of artificial intelligence, Herbert Simon also made contributions to the theory of organizational behaviour. Reminiscing about his work and life, Simon asks himself whether (and how) what he learned as a scientist explains other aspects of his life.

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About the Author

Herbert Simon is Professor of Psychology at Carnegie-Mellon University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 1978.

Review

-- Sherry Turkle, "New York Times Book Review" " As much as any one person, Herbert A. Simon has shaped the intellectual agenda of the human and social sciences in the second half of the 20th century .... For many readers, Mr. Simon's view of human endeavor, of love and of work, will seem emblematic not of the pre-Freudian rationalism-that-was but a new, sleeker, rationalism-to-be -- a rationalism purged of utopian excess, committed to empirical studies, and wedded to the most modern technology." -- Sherry Turkle, "New York Times Book Review" & quot; As much as any one person, Herbert A. Simon has shaped the intellectual agenda of the human and social sciences in the second half of the 20th century .... For many readers, Mr. Simon's view of human endeavor, of love and of work, will seem emblematic not of the pre-Freudian rationalism-that-was but a new, sleeker, rationalism-to-be -- a rationalism purged of utopian excess, committed to empirical studies, and wedded to the most modern technology.& quot; -- Sherry Turkle, New York Times Book Review "As much as any one person, Herbert A. Simon has shaped the intellectual agenda of the human and social sciences in the second half of the 20th century .... For many readers, Mr. Simon's view of human endeavor, of love and of work, will seem emblematic not of the pre-Freudian rationalism-that-was but a new, sleeker, rationalism-to-be--a rationalism purged of utopian excess, committed to empirical studies, and wedded to the most modern technology."--Sherry Turkle, "New York Times Book Review"

Edition details

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046504641X
• ISBN 13: 9780465046416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448