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A filigree friendship

Stafford Beer (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 1 July 2001

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Abstract

This paper concerns the author’s long‐standing friendship with Gordon Pask. It describes several occasions where their lives overlapped significantly, namely working with chemical computers, the founding of the Department of Cybernetics at Brunel University and working together on the design of Joan Littlewood’s Fun Palace project.

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Citation

Beer, S. (2001), "A filigree friendship", Kybernetes, Vol. 30 No. 5/6, pp. 551-560. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920110391779

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MCB UP Ltd

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