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Herbert A. Simon: The Bounds of Reason in Modern America
Hunter Crowther-Heyck
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Description for Herbert A. Simon: The Bounds of Reason in Modern America
Hardback. For historians of science, social science, and technology, and for scholars of twentieth-century American intellectual and cultural history, this account of Herbert Simon's life and work provides a rich and valuable perspective. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5, 1 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; JF; PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 703.
Rarely does the world see as versatile a figure as Herbert Simon. A Nobel laureate in economics, he was an accomplished political scientist, winner of a lifetime achievement award from the American Psychological Association, and founder of the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. In all his work in all these fields, he pursued a single goal: to create a science that could map the bounds of human reason and so enlarge its role in human affairs. Hunter Crowther-Heyck uses the career of this unique individual to examine the evolution of the social sciences after World War ... Read more
Rarely does the world see as versatile a figure as Herbert Simon. A Nobel laureate in economics, he was an accomplished political scientist, winner of a lifetime achievement award from the American Psychological Association, and founder of the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. In all his work in all these fields, he pursued a single goal: to create a science that could map the bounds of human reason and so enlarge its role in human affairs. Hunter Crowther-Heyck uses the career of this unique individual to examine the evolution of the social sciences after World War ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801880254
SKU
V9780801880254
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About Hunter Crowther-Heyck
Hunter Crowther-Heyck is an assistant professor of history of science at the University of Oklahoma and former exhibits curator at the National Library of Medicine.
Reviews for Herbert A. Simon: The Bounds of Reason in Modern America
This biography is a fitting tribute to those accomplishments and the person who achieved them.
David J. Pittenger PsycCRITIQUES 2005 One of the most important secondary works on postwar social science in America.
Mark C. Smith American Historical Review 2006 Impressive study.
Jon Agar Isis 2006 This book will be an essential starting point for the consideration ... Read more
David J. Pittenger PsycCRITIQUES 2005 One of the most important secondary works on postwar social science in America.
Mark C. Smith American Historical Review 2006 Impressive study.
Jon Agar Isis 2006 This book will be an essential starting point for the consideration ... Read more