Cybernetics, Second Edition: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the... by Norbert Wiener

Cybernetics, Second Edition: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the...

Features

Cover Type: Paperback with 212 pages

Published by: The MIT Press

Edition: 2nd Edition March 15, 1965

Written in: English

ISBN 10 Number: 026273009X

ISBN 13 Number: 978-0262730099

Book Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches

Weighs: 8 ounces

Product Review
"It appers 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 awesome, even terrifying implications.

"It is a gorgeously 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

Product Description
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

Reader Reviews
Two books, both written in the late 1940s stand out as contributing much to our understanding of the world around us. One of these is "Cybernetics" by Weiner and the other is "The mathematical theory of communication" by Shannon. Both require some study by contain many sections that are easily readable by anyone which get the main points across in an understandable manner. Weiner's book discuses the use of feedback on virtually every type of control mechanism known... i.e., those of nature as well as those of man. It is the "basic" stuff that everyone of us uses everyday and every moment of our lives whether we are aware of it or not. Whereas Shannon's book tells us how to communicate information in an error-free (or nearly so) way, Weiner's book explains how that information is used to provide effective control of everything around us. For many decades since I first was introduced to these two works, I have used their principles in most things I do. I very highly recommend these two books to anyone who considers themselves a "thinking person" and is seeking to understand the world around them. Both easily get 5 stars. They are major works! Comment | | (Report this)

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