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Herbert A. Simon: The Bounds of Reason in Modern America Illustrated Edition

by Hunter Crowther-Heyck (Author)
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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 II, particularly Simon's creation of a new field, systems science, which joined together two distinct, powerful approaches to human behavior, the sciences of choice and control. Simon sought to develop methods by which human behavior, specifically human problem-solving, could be modeled and simulated. Regarding mind and machine as synonymous, Simon applied his models of human behavior to many other areas, from public administration and business management to artificial intelligence and the design of complex social and technical systems.

In this informed and discerning study, Crowther-Heyck explores Simon's contributions to science and their influences on modern life and thought. 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.

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  1. ISBN-10
    0801880254
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0801880254
  3. Edition
    Illustrated
  4. Publisher
    Johns Hopkins University Press
  5. Publication date
    April 27, 2005
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6 x 1.36 x 9 inches
  8. Print length
    432 pages
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This biography is a fitting tribute to those accomplishments and the person who achieved them.
―David J. Pittenger, PsycCRITIQUES

One of the most important secondary works on postwar social science in America.American Historical Review
―Mark C. Smith, American Historical Review

This book will be an essential starting point for the consideration of Simon's career in context.
―Journal of American History

A welcome historiographical current is now bringing to light long-neglected links among the histories of technology, science, and economics.
―William Thomas, Technology and Culture

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Impressive study.
―Jon Agar, Isis

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Johns Hopkins University Press; Illustrated edition (April 27, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0801880254
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801880254
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.36 x 9 inches

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Hunter Heyck

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Hunter Heyck is Professor of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Oklahoma and a recovering Department Chair. He is also a novelist with a passion for fantasy and science fiction, because sometimes you just need dragons in your life. His first novel, a high fantasy adventure titled The Sleepers Wake, is now available on Kindle and in paperback. It is the first book of a three book series, titled A Dream of the Last Days. The second book of the series, The Spirits Walk, will be released summer 2022.

When he's wearing his scholarly hat, Professor Heyck is interested in the ways that different tools and technologies have been used to represent, investigate, and model the workings of the mind and society, and in the social context and meaning of technological change. His first book was a biography of Herbert Simon, who played a vital role in the transformation of the social sciences into the behavioral sciences in the decades after World War II. (He won a Nobel Prize in economics, was a founder of cognitive psychology, and was a crucial figure in the history of AI, as well as being one of those people who was on every influential committee, such as the President's Science Advisory Committee.) Professor Heyck's second book, Age of System, is an investigation of the broader trends characterizing the social and behavioral sciences between roughly 1920 and 1980. Age of System connects the advent of Simon’s style of ‘high modern social science’ to the ‘Organizational Revolution’ and its associated technological changes and challenges. They are quite good books, but, sadly, there are no dragons in them.

Professor Heyck is currently working on a socio-cultural survey of the history of technology, intended for a broad audience, with the working title, Artifice: Creating a Chosen World. It should appear in 2023. Again, no dragons, but it should be a fun read nonetheless.

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