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Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics, (Paperback)
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Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics, (Paperback)
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from name99
Disappointing. I was hoping for a serious discussion of WIener integration, but this was a pop biography, big on his personal life but not on the details of his work.
from JohnAGoldsmith
An important book for anyone who wants to understand why cybernetics died on the vine in the mid 1950s. The Conways reveal the role that Wiener's wife, of all things, played in this. I won't spoil the story; read the book
from gregfromgilbert
Long book but an easy and enjoyable read. Discusses the science of communication and control (cybernetics) at the dawn of the computer age. To simplify, Wiener was interested in how you compute in a pre-digital world. He used analog electronics to study the properties of signals (oscillations, po...
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