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Dark Hero Of The Information Age:

In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics
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Basic books, 2005 - 423 pagine
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 the first to articulate the modern notion of "feedback," and his ideas informed the work of computer pioneer John von Neumann, information theorist Claude Shannon, and anthropologists Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead. His best-selling book, Cybernetics, catapulted him into the public spotlight, as did his chilling visions of the future and his ardent social activism. So what happened? Why is his work virtually unknown today? And what, in fact, is Wiener's legacy? In this remarkable book, award-winning journalists Conway and Siegelman set out to rescue Wiener's genius from obscurity and to explore the many ways in which his groundbreaking ideas continue to shape our lives. Based on a wealth of primary sources (including some newly declassified WW II and Cold War-era documents) and exclusive interviews with Wiener's family and closest colleagues, the book reveals an extraordinarily complex figure, whose high-pressure childhood, manic depression, and troubled relationships had a profound effect on his scientific work. No one interested in the intersection of technology and culture will want to miss this epic story of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and colorful figures.

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Review: Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, The Father of Cybernetics

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Norbert Wiener was an American Scientist who found the field of Cybernetics, which is basically the study of complex systems and has a lot in common with control theory. My dissertation advisor is a ... Leggi recensione completa

Review: Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, The Father of Cybernetics

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I knew of Norbert Wiener before I started at MIT. During my freshman year, I found out where he was teaching and stood outside his classroom listening to his lectures -- I didn't have the courage to ...

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Informazioni sull'autore (2005)

Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman are award-winning journalists and the authors of the bestselling Snapping: America’s Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change and Holy Terror: The Fundamentalist War on America’s Freedoms in Religion, Politics, and Our Private Lives. They live in New York City. Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman are award-winning journalists and the authors of the bestselling Snapping: America’s Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change and Holy Terror: The Fundamentalist War on America’s Freedoms in Religion, Politics, and Our Private Lives. They live in New York City.

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TitoloDark Hero Of The Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics
AutoriFlo Conway, Jim Siegelman
Edizioneillustrata
EditoreBasic books, 2005
ISBN0738203688, 9780738203683
Lunghezza423 pagine
  
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