Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine / Edition 2

by Norbert Wiener

Overview

Acclaimed one of the "seminal books... comparable in ultimate importance to... Galileo or Malthus or Rousseau or Mill," Cybernetics was judged by twenty-seven historians, economists, educators, and philosophers to be one of those books published during the "past four decades," which may have a substantial impact on public thought and action in the years ahead.—Saturday Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262730099
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	03/15/1965
Series:	The MIT Press
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) served on the faculty in the Department of Mathematics at MIT from 1919 until his death. In 1963, he was awarded the National Medal of Science for his contributions to mathematics, engineering, and biological sciences. He was the author of many books, including Norbert Wiener—A Life in Cybernetics and the National Book Award-winning God & Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion (both published by the MIT Press).

What People are Saying About This

The Saturday Review of Literature - John B. Thurston

It appears impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a 'must' book for those in every branch of science...in addition, economists, politicians, statesmen, and businessmen cannot afford to overlook cybernetics and its tremendous, even terrifying implications. It is a beautifully written book, lucid, direct, and despite its complexity, as readable by the layman as the trained scientist.

Endorsement

It appears impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a 'must' book for those in every branch of science...in addition, economists, politicians, statesmen, and businessmen cannot afford to overlook cybernetics and its tremendous, even terrifying implications. It is a beautifully written book, lucid, direct, and despite its complexity, as readable by the layman as the trained scientist.

—John B. Thurston , The Saturday Review of Literature

From the Publisher

It appears impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a 'must' book for those in every branch of science. . . in addition, economists, politicians, statesmen, and businessmen cannot afford to overlook cybernetics and its tremendous, even terrifying implications. It is a beautifully written book, lucid, direct, and despite its complexity, as readable by the layman as the trained scientist.

— John B. Thurston , The Saturday Review of Literature