# Heinz von Foerster

> Heinz von Foerster 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 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.

*Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician (1911-2002)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/heinz-von-foerster

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Austria
- **Born:** 1911-11-13
- **Died:** 2002-10-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 20.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 12.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1773109/ (@nm1773109)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1452843)
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- [Heyns fon Fyorster](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heyns_fon_Fyorster)
- [Heinz von Foerster](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_von_Foerster)
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- [Heinz von Foerster](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_von_Foerster)
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- [היינץ פון פורסטר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A5_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8)
- [Heinz von Foerster](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_von_Foerster)
- [ハインツ・フォン・フェルスター](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC)
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- [Фёрстер, Хейнц фон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%91%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%86_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Гайнц фон Ферстер](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%86_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [海因茨·冯·福斯特](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B7%E5%9B%A0%E8%8C%A8%C2%B7%E5%86%AF%C2%B7%E7%A6%8F%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinz_von_F%C3%B6rster)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinz_von_Foerster)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6d7ca657-a537-4255-9c08-04682c592df1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78688)
- [Heinz von Foerster](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39542)

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