A web site bringing together resources related
to the University of Illinois
Biological Computer Laboratory, 1958–1975
R. Uribe, "Tractatus
Paradoxico-Philosophicus"—The new "Red Edition" of former BCL researcher's cybernetic tract. Read it in Spanish, or English, or Spanish/English side by side.
—English translation commissioned by the UIUC Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
J. Hutchinson, "'Nerve center' of the cybernetic world: Heinz von Foerster and the Biological Computer Laboratory"
—Historical article with photos and graphics, compiled from primary sources and interviews with BCL alumni
K. Wilson and J. Day, BCL Publications Author Index
—Alphabetical list created to accompany the 1976 BCL Publications Microfiche
J. Hutchinson, "A web site before its time: Navigating cyberspace, then and now" (PDF)
—The story behind the landmark BCL publication, Cybernetics of Cybernetics
Photos of the Electrical Engineering Research Laboratory
—Home to BCL and other pioneering Illinois research
A day in the life of BCL: Photos by Ken Wilson
—A glimpse into the lab, 1974
Heinz von Foerster Papers, University of Illinois Archives
Biological Computer Laboratory Publications, University of Illinois Archives
Biological Computer Laboratory Contract and Conference File, University of Illinois Archives
—Guides to BCL-related holdings of the UIUC Library Archives
W.
Ross Ashby Centenary Conference, March 4–6, 2004,
University of Illinois
— Program, contributors, and abstracts
External Links
Heinz von Foerster Archive, University of Vienna
Heinz von Foerster Page, University of Vienna
M.
Broecker and A. Riegler, eds., "Human becoming—becoming human,"
Heinz von Foerster Festschrift
S. Umpleby, "The Alternative Futures Project at the
University of Illinois"
A. Pickering, "Cybernetics and the mangle:
Ashby, Beer and Pask" (PDF)
Kybernetes issues dedicated to Heinz von Foerster: 34,
1/2 (A. Riegler, ed.) and 34,
3/4 (M. Broecker, ed.)
H.
von Foerster and M. Broecker, Teil der Welt: Fraktale einer Ethik - ein Drama in drei
Akten (Carl-Auer, 2002)
Cybernetics & Human Knowing vol.
10, nos. 3-4, special double
issue dedicated to von Foerster
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