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Herbert A. Simon's autobiography reviews his career and keeps asking whether what he learned as a scientist helps explain other parts of his life. Working across half a dozen fields, Simon tells a story that spans an explosion in the information sciences, the remaking of psychology around information processing, and computer simulation of complex systems. His work on thinking machines, which treated human intelligence as the manipulation of symbols according to rules, laid foundations for cognitive science. Personal material includes letters to his children, a warm account of his marriage, an unconsummated love affair, a short story, columns and academic intrigue. His theory of bounded rationality earned him a Nobel Prize in economics.
It appears on a published list of 20 books recommended by Charlie Munger, which describes Simon as a polymath more people should know about.
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Charlie Munger (Vice Chairman/Berkshire Hathaway)
An autobiography of Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon, a remarkable polymath who more people should know about. In an age of increasing specialization, he’s a rare generalist — applying what he learned as a scientist to other aspects of his life. Crossing disciplines, he was at the intersection of “information sciences.” He won the Nobel for his theory of “bounded rationality,” and is perhaps best known for his insightful quote “A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”
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