Heinz von Foerster
(1911-2002)
Austrian scientist
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Heinz von Foerster (German spelling: Heinz von Förster; November 13, 1911, Vienna – October 2, 2002, Pescadero, California) was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of Second-order cybernetics. He was twice a Guggenheim fellow (1956–57 and 1963–64) and also was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980. He is well known for his 1960 Doomsday equation formula published in Science predicting future population growth.
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13 November 1911 Vienna, Austria
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2 October 2002 (aged 90) Pescadero, California
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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