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

The story of Norbert Wiener, child prodigy and brilliant MIT mathematician.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Conway, Flo
Otros Autores: Siegelman, Jim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, 2009.
Temas:
Wiener, Norbert, > 1894-1964.
Wiener, Norbert, > 1894-1964
Mathematicians > United States > Biography.
Cybernetics.
Mathématiciens > États-Unis > Biographies.
Cybernétique.
cybernetics.
Cybernetics
Mathematicians
United States
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PROLOGUE Time Past, Time Present; PART ONE The Elephant's Child; 1. The Most Remarkable Boy in the World; 2. Young Wiener; 3. The Wunderkind and the Frau-Professor; 4. Weak Currents, Light Computers; 5. Wienerwalks; 6. Birth of a Science; PART TWO In the Court of Cybernetics; 7. The Kinights of Circular Causality; 8. Breakfast at Macy's; 9. The Big Bang: Cybernetics; 10. Wienerwalks II; 11. Breach and Betrayal; PART THREE Aftermath; 12. A Scientist Rebels; 13. A Government Reacts; 14. Wienerwalks III; 15. Homage to the Elephant's Child: The 'Satiable Soul of Norbert Wiener.
  • 16. Childhood's EndEPILOGUE Time Future: Surviving the Global Society; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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