Description
Book SynopsisGeorge Spencer Brown, a polymath and author of
Laws of Form, brought together mathematics, electronics, engineering and philosophy to form an unlikely bond.
This book investigates
Design with NOR, the title of the yet unpublished 1961 typescript by Spencer Brown. The typescript formed through the author's experiences as technical engineer and developer of a new form of switching algebra for Mullard Equipment Ltd., a British manufacturer of electronic components, and is published here for the first time.
Related essays contextualise the typescript drawing on a variety backgrounds from mathematics and engineering to philosophy and sociology, and thus invite readers to a reverse-engineering of both the form and its laws.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Design with the NOR;
George Spencer Brown Chapter 2. Transcending Engineering Practice. NOR on the Path from Transistor Technology to Universal Indeterminacy;
Albrecht Fritzsche Chapter 3. NOR. Truth table, true distinction;
Steffen Roth Chapter 4. Theory, Society and George Spencer Brown;
Lars Clausen Chapter 5. Meaning Negation;
Franz Hoegl Chapter 6. "oo";
Divyamaan Sahoo Chapter 7. Marking the Mark. George Spencer Brown’s Operator Across the Disciplines;
Markus Heidingsfelder, Peter Zeiner, Kelvin Ooi Jian Aun, and Mohammad Arif Sobhan Bhuiyan
