A Bibliography of Cybernetics (Barrett and Shepard, 1951)

Summary

The introduction frames cybernetics for social scientists through information and control. It declares six categories and acknowledges selective inclusion.

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• Available introduction versus missing bibliography

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• A Bibliography of Cybernetics (Barrett and Shepard, 1951) is compiled by F. Dermot Barrett

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  • A Bibliography of Cybernetics — introduction (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

• A Bibliography of Cybernetics (Barrett and Shepard, 1951) is compiled by Herbert A. Shepard

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  • A Bibliography of Cybernetics — introduction (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

• A Bibliography of Cybernetics (Barrett and Shepard, 1951) discusses in its introduction The Wisdom of the Body

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  Locator: Introduction, page 3, final paragraph

  • A Bibliography of Cybernetics — introduction (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

• A Bibliography of Cybernetics (Barrett and Shepard, 1951) discusses in its introduction The Functions of the Executive

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  Locator: Introduction, page 3, final paragraph

  • A Bibliography of Cybernetics — introduction (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

• A Bibliography of Cybernetics (Barrett and Shepard, 1951) presents an account of Cybernetics

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  Locator: Introduction, pages 1–2

  • A Bibliography of Cybernetics — introduction (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

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• A Bibliography of Cybernetics — introduction (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

Cite this entry

Taylor, B. P. (2026). A Bibliography of Cybernetics (Barrett and Shepard, 1951). The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/bibliography_barrett_shepard_1951/

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