Description |
xv, 423 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-411) and index. |
Contents |
Prologue: Time past, time present -- pt. 1: The elephant's child. The most remarkable boy in the world -- Young Wiener -- The Wunderkind and the Frau-Professor -- Weak currents, light computers -- Wienerwalks -- Birth of a science. -- pt. 2: In |
Summary |
In the middle of the last century, Norbert Wiener--ex-child prodigy and brilliant MIT mathematician--founded the science of cybernetics, igniting the information-age explosion of computers, automation, and global telecommunications. Wiener was t |
Subject |
Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964.
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Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Cybernetics.
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ISBN |
0465013716 (paperback : alk. paper) |
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9780465013715 (paperback : alk. paper) |
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