Colin Cherry, On Human Communication, a Review, a Survey, and a Criticism.
"The first single volume to appraise the relationships existing between the diverse studies of communication". MIT Press, 1957. 333pp. In cloth, with a fine dustjacket. The best copy that I have seen of this classic. $150
Cherry dedicates this book to his dog, Pym. (Arthur Gordon Pym from Poe's tale has a dog named "Cherry"--just kidding, it is actually "Tiger".)
Cherry source book addresses the cross-discipline relationships in semantics, cybernetics, mathematics, psychology, information theory, semiotics, statistical theory of communication, and more, all at a pretty bright young age for some of these areas. A powerful work.
“Real understanding of any scientific subject must include some knowledge of its historical growth; we cannot comprehend and accept modern concepts and theories without knowing something of their origins - of how we have got where we are. Neglect of this maxim can lead to that unfortunate state of mind which regard the science of the day as finality.” --Cherry.
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