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Foreword 4

Prologue 7

percepHon 12 W movement

symmetry 154 break ing symmetry

measurement 190 observat7on

mathernaHcs 238 physics

cyberneHcs 294 computer sc7ence computer art

evoluHon theory 368 system theory garne theory

theory of science 418 art theory

psychoanalysis 508 acHonism

V7S7Ofl 546 decons truc hon

v7sual 586 cornrnunlcat7on

Index 602

Lenders 615

Imprint 616 Klien

felser

Stad?mayer-Bieber

Berzeviczy-Pallavic

Wagner

v.

Karlinsky

Neuwirth

Stolba Fischel Moser

Tomaschek

Reismayer-Fritsche

Dienes

Lang

Bothy

Hoffmann

Hälze?

Bortnyfk Stöhr Luzia Wittgenstein

Hofer Nechansky

Penther

Schule Moho?y-Nagy

Fleischmann Eiovanna

Loos Donau

Mattis-Teutsch

Bernheimer Zeymer Reichen Erich Hammerschniied

Hausmann Rochowanski Tihanyi

Kirnig

Uitz

5reenham

Hofmann

Pitsch

Bothy-Steiner

Benirschke

W.

Josef Ilse Koloman Leopold Ernst

Adolf

Maria Friedrich Anton Otto Ludwig

Adolf Fritz L. Lily Max Cizek Valdria

Trude Johanna Gertrude Paul Irmgard

Erika B?a Oskar

Jänos

Fritzi Gertrude Sändor Gerta

Hans Heinz

Sylvia Hans Elisabeth Gertrude Raoul Lsz?s5

Lajos Etienne

Anna

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Activity

around

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in

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Experimental

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Avant-Garde

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Painter,

and

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the

Kepes

Wiener

luan

of

Theory

Hungarian Constructivism Stage

the

Eye

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of

the Moholy-Nagy‘s

György

Hungarian

the

Art!

the

of

Hungary

Electric

and

and

Hans

Poet:

World

Bauhaus

an

Hungarian

Austria

from

Emotion:

the

F-listory of

Scholar,

for in

the

Ornament

a

Light of David

Elementary

Leitner

at

the

Music Braun

of

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an

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of

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Weibe? Alexander

Weibe?

Peternäk

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Hausmann/

Hausmann

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Graphics

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in

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1920-25

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movement

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Bernhard and Eva The

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Oskar

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157 Erwin Chargaff A Few UnscientificThoughts About Symmetry 164 Victor Vasarely

160 Hagdolna and Istvn Hargftta 167-169 Vera tiolnär The of Symmetry in Modern Chemical Research 170 Tibor Eayor 165 Vera und Francois Molnr Making and Breaking Symmetry in Visual Art 171 Hildegard )oos

179 Szan‘iszlö Brczi 172, 173 Simon Hantai Changes in Symmetry Caused by Cellular Automata 174, 175 Peter TtIrk 182 Michael Stöltzner Symmetryand Natural 176 Walter Obholzer

187 Otto E. Rössler, Arthur P. Schmidt, 177 Sabina Härtner Peter Weibel The Interface Concept in the of Physics 178 Jnos Saxon Szsz

156 measuremen f observahon

193 MiklÖs Rdei John von Neumann — Mathematical Physicist

198 Alexander Zart 1 Taking the Side Roads: Erwin Schrödinger in the 19405

201 Erwin Schrödinger Letters to Mihäly Polänyiand Leo Szilard

208 Harald Atmanspacher Wolfgang Paull — Not Just a Physicist

211 Walter Thirring Quantum ErgodicTheory

212 Anton Zeilinger Beil‘sTheorem, Information, and Quantum Physics

218 Peter Weibel Endophysics and Art

220 Otto E. Rössler/Peter Weibe? 221 Gottfried Bechtold The Two Levelsof Reality— “Exo“ and “Endo“ 221,222 Peter Weibe? 224 Peter Weibel Victor F.Weisskopf — The Exactitude of Quantum Physics 223 Ruth Schnell

224 Peter Weibel 228 Gäbor Csäszäri Eugene P Wigner — The Philosopher and the Problem of Measurement 229, 230 Attila CssYrgd

225 Karl Svozil 231 Jänos Sugär Is the World a Machine? 232 DÖra Maurer 234 Harald Ä Posch Microscopic Reversibilityand Macroscopic lrreversibility 233 Herwig Turk Linschinger Weibe! Maurer DÖra Josef Peter 272 273 274 Physics 1939) President and System 2, the Science Wanderer to Numbers Vietoris (August from of from Letter World Rotations Mathematics and of Thinker Austria Hungarian in and Leopold Thermodynamic in — a of Roosevelt Sigmund Kähler Petz Geometer in Einstein‘s D. Between Groups Varga to The Mathematician Its — A Entropy Mathematics — Community Lighthouse and Franklin her Unconventional Tamäs Mathematician of Undecidability /Eckehart a Attached and the Mathematicians Schmidt Relationship of The Cube 1939) of — Vitae Frank M. Binder Helmberg/Karl Stöltzner Kri/ Szkely/Dnes the Neuwirther Neuwirt Logic President Einstein Staar 15, Weibe! Weibe? Proof Decrease Became Bott on to 1 Erdas Taussky-Todd Rubik‘s Szi?ard Szi?ard Szilard Mathematical Nestor the

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research

Hämos

Kriesche

Koväcs

Legrady

Adrian

Netbase

BÖdy

Waliczky Stva

Inger?

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Krisztiän

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George

Kurt Richard

Gottfried

Robert Public

Kunstlabor knoubot‘ic

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after

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Austria

Hungary

in

and

Machine-aided

Sculpture

Technology

Neurons

Art

Cybernetics

Visual:

and

RepeatThemselves

of

science

the art Cybernetics City

Computer

Kemeny

Foerster

Foersfer

Glasersfeld

Information of

of

Csuri

“Spiking“

Often Theory

for

Machines

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Computer

Schöffer

History

Neumann Maurer

of

Causality

von

von

von

Natschläger

Peternk Constructivism

Weibel

Kovcs

Mezei

Kov&s Zemanek

Weibel

Kozma

Visual

Pinz

von

George

Beckmann

Early

Cybernetic

Explosion

intermedia

cybernetics computer computer

Heinz

Circular Heinz Ernst Cybernetics

GyLfzä Radical Tihamr Peter

The

Cybernetic John Nicolas

Gyöze

The LszIÖ Heinz

Information Hermann Thomas

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Axel Digital

Networks Leslie

Hungarian Miklös CharlesA.

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Hajdü

Kemny Wolsky

Lossonczy

Hartlauer

Maurer

tienne Taiaäs fienne

Fritz Zoltn

L?öra Andrs

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397

Menger

Karl

Modeling

and

Morphogenesis

of

Theory

Biocentric

Neumann

Theory

Szent-Györgyi Social

von Mfgnonneau

Series“

the

Holons

of

Theory

Franc:

to

John

H.

Albert

Life

Theory

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Master

with

Koestler‘s

Raoul

Nature

and

the the

Theory

of

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Chance Artificial theory of

as

Contribution

Equilibrium:

of

of

Arthur

and

of System Epistemology

Bertalanffy

theory

Face

Garne

Hafer

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behind

Köhler

for

Bothy

Somnierer/Laurent

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theory

Leinfellner

Kardos Beke Leinfellner

Lefnfellner P7chler

von Pfchler

Weibel History

Harsanyi

Schuster

Kllai

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Theory Sigmund

Hartlauer‘s

Contribution

C.

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Theory

Aesthetics Concept

as

Television

Short

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garne

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Ludwig Ernö The Searching tienne

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Molecular John Karl

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Bechtold Ruhm

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Kriesche RUhm

Steiger

Beyer Lakner Oberhuber Wiener

Petrik Beöthy Pereszlnyi

Hal.sz

Jovänovics Erdely

Gappmayr

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Weibel

Nemes

Egg

Artmann Tolvaly

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Fr7edrich Oswald Valie Konrad Gerhard H. Heinz Lszl6 Oswald Richard Wolfgang Rudolf Peter Loys Gottfried Constanze Oominik Csaba Beläzs Roland

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Vienna

Scientific

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in

Wittgenstein

Science

Circle

Scientists

Mach

and

Artist

of

Art

Art!

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of

Ernst

as

Philosophy Sunday

Lakatos Thinker

Science —

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of

of

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Mauthner the

History

without lmre

Philosophy

Obituary —

Art

Polänyis and

Scientist

the An

Great

Economy

Sunday

Social

Hungarian

in

Concept

(1971)

Artists

the

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Disciple:

the —

and or

the

Philosopher

the Art

Mauthner

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and

History

as of of

and

of

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Mannheim,

Element

and

Leinfellner Stadler

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science

1886—1911.

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Köhler

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group

Ropolyi Lukcs

Kampis Kampis Haller Kampis Hungarian

of

Bayer

Oberhuber

Szegedi Lukäcs

Influence Kill

Weibel

Rottner

Feyerabend

Weibel Weibel Hauserand

Koestler

Imagination

Blackmore

Nyfri

Portraits

Karädi

theory

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to

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Galilei

Popper Vienna Circu!ation

vienna

Lukäcs,

J.

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420 psychoanalysis actionism

536 Pter Forgcs 511 Ferenc Eris On the Hstory of Hungarian Psychoanalysis 540 Gunter Brus

515 Johannes Reichmayr /Elke MtIh?leitner 541 HermannNitsch

“The Internationality of the Unconscious“ — Otto Fenichel‘sCirculars 1934-1945 542 Otto Muehl

521 Peter Wefbel 543 Rudolf Schuarzkogler Biographical Sketches of the Psychoanalytical Movement 544 Valie Export 537 Peter We7bel Vienna Actionism: Direct Art, BodyArt, Materia‘ Art 545 Tibor Hajas

510 V7S70 fl decons trukHon

551 Vilmos Huszr 551,553,556 Farkas t1olnr

552 Alfrd Forbth

553 Friedrich Kiesler

554 Ander Weininger

555, 556 Marcel Breuer

557 David Georges Emmerich

558 Jnos Megyik

559, 560 Gäbor Bachmen

560, 561 Läszlö Rajk

561 Tibor Szalai

562 Friedl Dicker / Franz Singer

562 Karl Steiner

563 Paul Theodore Frankl

564 Joseph Urban

565-567 Friedrich Kiesler

549 Sndor Bortnyik/tlarcel Breuer 568 Wenzel Hablik Farkas Molnär/Andor Weininger The Demands of the Age 569 Max Peintner 570 Walter Pichler 555 tiarcel Breuer Genesis of Design 570 Fritz Wotruba

571 Hans Hellem 559 Läszlö Beka in Hungary 572 Laurids Ortner

565 Dieter Bogner 572, 573 Haus-Rucker-Co Friedrich Kiesler 573, 579 Coop Himmelb(l)au

568 Franco Bevilacqua 574 Zilnd up Wenzel Hablik. Architecture Between Utopia and Reality 575 Raimund Abraham

570 GÜnther Feuerstein 575 Friedrich St. Florian Visions and Realities. The Austrian Scene in the 1960s and 19705 576 Bernhard Hafner 578 Dieter Bogner ‘ 576 GÜnther Oomenig Coop Himmelb(I)au 576 Eilfrid Huth 581 Manfred Wolf f-Plottegg 577 Carl Pruscha Quick and Dirty 577 Gernot Nalbach 583 Victor Papanek How to Draw a Hexagon 580 Otto Beckmann 581, 582 Manfred Wolff-Plottegg 585 Bernard Rudofsky architecture without architects 584 Agnes Denes

548 visual communfcahon

589 Rolf Sachsse Herbert Bayeror the UniversalDesigner

591 Angela Jansen What Can Information Graphic Designers Learn from Otto Neurath

Today? — Isotype and Information Graphics

594 Joseph Binder Graphic Design

595 Ecke Bonk in<=>formation [The Speech of Weimar] 589, 590 Herbert Bayer

597 Peter Weibel 594 Joseph Binder Logo Culture 596 Ecke Bonk 600 Jeff Bernard Thomas A. Sebeok and the Signs of Life 599 Manfred Erjautz

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