Design with the NOR

George 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This book investigates Design with the NOR, the title of the yet unpublished 1961 typescript by Spencer Brown.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. Related essays contextualise the typescript drawing on a variety of backgrounds from mathematics and engineering to philosophy and sociology.

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ROTH, Steffen J., HEIDINGSFELDER, Markus, CLAUSEN, Lars, LAURSEN, Klaus Brønd and SPENCER-BROWN, G. (eds.), 2021. George Spencer Brown’s “Design with the NOR”: with related essays. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-83982-611-5.