Copyright © 1956, 1999
by The Estate of W. Ross Ashby
Non- profit reproduction and distribution of this text for educational and research reasons is permitted
providing this copyright statement is includedReferencing this text:
W. Ross Ashby, An Introduction to Cybernetics,
Chapman & Hall, London, 1956. Internet (1999):http://pcp.vub.ac.be/books/IntroCyb.pdf

Prepared for the PrincipiaCybernetica Web With kind permission of the Estate trustees
Jill Ashby
Sally Bannister
Ruth Pettit
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Mick Ashby
Concept
Francis Heylighen
Realisation
Alexander Riegler
with additional help from
Didier Durlinger
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