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

Simon, Herbert A.

ISBN 10: 046504641X / ISBN 13: 9780465046416

Published by Basic Books, 1992

About this Item

Nice copy, pages have yellowed over time, some scuffing on front and back covers. Pages contain no annotations. Paperback. LW.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Models of My Life: the Remarkable Autobiography of the Nobel Prize Winning Social Scientist and Father of Artificial Intelligence
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046504641X
• ISBN 13: 9780465046416
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 12 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

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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.

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"