Books like Cybernetics Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
12 books with a reading profile close to Cybernetics Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine by Norbert Wiener. Deep and outward-looking; a demanding read.
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Quaternary Extinctions
by Paul S. Martin, Richard G. Klein
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
Quaternary Extinctions serves as a comprehensive technical compendium regarding the disappearance of megafauna at the end of the Pleistocene epoch.
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Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science
by Lorenzo Magnani, Tommaso Bertolotti
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
The Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science provides a systematic technical overview of how scientists use conceptual and physical structures to represent reality.
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Forms of Becoming
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
Alessandro Minelli examines the mechanisms of evolutionary developmental biology by analyzing how the construction of an organism’s physical shape dictates its evolutionary trajectory.
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Metalogic
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
Geoffrey Hunter’s text provides a rigorous technical introduction to the metatheory of first-order logic, focusing on the formal properties of logical systems rather than just how to use them.
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Covariant Loop Quantum Gravity
by Carlo Rovelli, Francesca Vidotto
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
This textbook presents a formal introduction to the covariant version of loop quantum gravity, often referred to as the spinfoam formalism.
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The Music of J. S. Bach
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
This volume brings together nine scholars to examine the technical construction and historical performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s instrumental music.
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The Interstellar Medium
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
James Lequeux provides a comprehensive technical overview of the gases and dust particles situated between stars in our galaxy.
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Experimental Approaches to Pragmatics
by Valentina Cuccio, Pietro Robert Perconti
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
Experimental Approaches to Pragmatics examines how experimental methods clarify the cognitive and neural processes underlying language use in context.
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An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and Its Applications
by Ming Li, Paul Vitanyi
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
Li and Vitanyi provide a comprehensive treatment of algorithmic information theory, focusing on the shortest possible description length of digital objects.
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The Organ Music of J. S. Bach: Volume 2
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
This second volume focuses on Johann Sebastian Bach’s organ chorales, including the Orgelbüchlein, the Schübler Chorales, and the Leipzig Autograph.
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Modelling Nature: An Opinionated Introduction to Scientific Representation
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
Roman Frigg and James Nguyen analyze how idealized structures and physical objects function as proxies for physical reality.
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The Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage
by David Lowenthal, Kenneth Olwig
Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense
This book examines the persistent conceptual divide between natural and cultural heritage, arguing that these categories are defined by a viewer’s intellectual and geographical location.
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