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Is Herbert Simon the 20th Century’s Galileo? | by Jim Morris | Medium

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In the mid-1980’s a journalist visiting Carnegie Mellon from France suggested that a statue of Herbert Simon should join those of…

Member-only story Jim Morris 3 min read · Feb 6, 2022 -- Listen Share Is Herbert Simon the 20th Century’s Galileo? In the mid-1980’s a journalist visiting Carnegie Mellon from France suggested that a statue of Herbert Simon should join those of Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Galileo, and Bach in front of Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Institute. At the time, I considered this a bit of Gallic hyperbole but now I don’t. Simon came to Carnegie Tech in 1949 along with some other future Nobel Prize winners to start a business school. They pioneered the scientific approach to business. When other universities go

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