Between Human And Machine by David A. Mindell
Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics
A concise history of how feedback, control, and automation shaped early computing before the rise of cybernetics, tracing developments from 19th‑century industry to World War II fire-control and servomechanisms. It highlights the “man-in-the-loop” as engineers and operators fused human judgment with machine precision, showing how these sociotechnical practices seeded later computing, information theory, and systems thinking within military, industrial, and cultural contexts.
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- 2002
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