Birth Name:

Heinz von Foerster

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Nov 13, 1911

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Age:

112

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

19°

Sco

57'

About Heinz von Foerster

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.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Humanities Review Interview at Stanford University

• The Heinz von Foerster Page

• Biological Computer Laboratory web site, University of Illinois

• An anthology of Circularity Principles from the Heinz von Foerster entry at The Cybernetics Society

• Gooch, Sherwin, & Nordin, Hud, "High Tech Heroes television interview, episode 10, part 1," Heinz von Foerster discusses the founding of Cybernetics, and the possibility of achieving immortality through prosthetic brains, Foothill College, California, August 22, 1989. on YouTube

• "High Tech Heroes, episode 10, part 2." on YouTube

• "Heinz Von Foerster Papers at the University of Illinois Archives"

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Heinz von Foerster: Sun 19 Scorpio, Moon 21 Leo, Mercury 1 Sagittarius, Venus 3 Libra, Mars 6 Gemini, Jupiter 24 Scorpio, Saturn 16 Taurus, Uranus 26 Capricorn, Neptune 23 Cancer, Pluto 28 Gemini, Sun Trine Neptune, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Sun Opposition Saturn, Mercury Opposition Mars, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Sextile Venus, Venus Trine Mars, Venus Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mars Semi Square Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Saturn Semi Square Pluto, Uranus Opposition Neptune, Uranus Quincunx Pluto

Categories related to Heinz von Foerster: California, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign faculty, November 13 births, 2002 deaths, Epistemologists, Austrian scientists, American people of Austrian-Jewish descent, Systems scientists, Complex systems scientists, Cyberneticists, Scientists from Vienna, TU Wien alumni, 1911 births, Singularitarians, University of Breslau alumni, People from Pescadero

Photo attribution: U of I publicity department, Heinz von Foerster personal file, from University of Illinois publicity department