Norbert Wiener

Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American mathematician and philosopher. He was Professor of Mathematics at MIT. Wiener is considered the father of cybernetics, a formalization of the notion of feedback, with implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, philosophy, and the organization of society.

Literature

• The Human Use of Human Beings, The Riverside Press (Houghton Mifflin Co.), 1950, 1954 revised
• Selected Papers of Norbert Wiener, Cambridge Mass. 1964 (MIT Press & SIAM), 1964

Links

• Wiener on Wikipedia
• http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/research/collections/collections-mc/mc22.html