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035 _a(CaBNVSL)mat07845167
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040 _aCaBNVSL
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_dCaBNVSL
043 _an-us---
050 4 _aQP353.4.M33
_bA27 2016eb
100 1 _aAbraham, Tara H.,
_eauthor.
_924934
245 1 0 _aRebel genius :
_bWarren S. McCulloch's transdisciplinary life in science /
_cTara H. Abraham.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe MIT Press,
_c[2016]
264 2 _a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :
_bIEEE Xplore,
_c[2016]
300 _a1 PDF (xiii, 305 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aelectronic
_2isbdmedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe student of science, medicine, and philosophy -- The neurophysiologist -- The egalitarian mentor -- The neuropsychiatrist -- The cybernetician -- The engineer -- Epilogue.
506 _aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520 2 _a"The book is a scientific biography of American neurophysiologist and cybernetician Warren S. McCulloch, one that places his life and work in historical context. By focusing on the various identities that he assumed throughout his life's major work--the study of the brain and mind--the book examines the intermingling of McCulloch's professional and personal worlds, and by doing so provides a much-needed contribution to the history of American brain research in the twentieth century. The book complicates standard accounts of McCulloch by examining his activities outside the scope of cybernetics, demonstrating that McCulloch performed several other identities in addition to his role as a cybernetician: student, neurophysiologist, neuropsychiatrist, mentor, and engineer. The book argues that one of McCulloch's lasting achievements was to free the study of the brain from the purview of medicine--both institutionally and in terms of scientific practice. Overall, McCulloch's work facilitated the emergence of the brain as a new kind of scientific object, one with stronger ties to philosophy, biology, physics, psychology, and engineering"--Provided by publisher.
530 _aAlso available in print.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web
588 _aDescription based on PDF viewed 03/16/2017.
600 1 0 _aMcCulloch, Warren S.
_q(Warren Sturgis),
_d1898-1969.
_924935
600 1 7 _aMcCulloch, Warren S.
_q(Warren Sturgis),
_d1898-1969.
_2fast
_924935
648 7 _a1900-1999
_2fast
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650 0 _aNeurophysiologists
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_924937
650 0 _aBrain
_xResearch
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_924938
650 0 _aCybernetics
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_924939
650 0 _aCybernetics
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_924940
650 0 _aNeuropsychiatry
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_924941
650 0 _aMentoring in science
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_924942
650 0 _aEngineers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_924943
650 2 _aCybernetics.
_924944
650 2 _aNeurophysiology.
_924945
650 2 _aBrain.
_923440
650 7 _aBrain
_xResearch.
_2fast
_924946
650 7 _aCybernetics.
_2fast
_924944
650 7 _aEngineers.
_2fast
_924947
650 7 _aMentoring in science.
_2fast
_924948
650 7 _aNeurophysiologists.
_2fast
_924949
650 7 _aNeuropsychiatry.
_2fast
_924950
651 7 _aUnited States.
_2fast
_95686
655 7 _aBiography.
_2fast
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655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_95289
710 2 _aIEEE Xplore (Online Service),
_edistributor.
_924952
710 2 _aMIT Press,
_epublisher.
_924953
856 4 2 _3Abstract with links to resource
_uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=7845167
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