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Heinz von Foerster

Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician (1911-2002)

  • Fame53.4
  • Momentum2.2
  • Wikipedia4.1K
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Lived 1911–2002, aged 91Austria
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    18 languages
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  • Era
    1911–2002
    Aged 91
  • Known for
    The Net
    2003
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Updated 2026-06-24

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.

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Momentum2.2
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Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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