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Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American computer scientist, mathematician and philosopher. He became a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ). A child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher in stochastic and mathematical noise processes, contributing work relevant to ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Norbert Wiener (born Nov. 26, 1894, Columbia, Mo., U.S.—died March 18, 1964, Stockholm, Swed.) American mathematician who established the science of cybernetics. He attained international renown by formulating some of the most important contributions to mathematics in the 20th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
With the influential book Cybernetics, first published in 1948, Norbert Wiener laid the theoretical foundations for the multidisciplinary field of cybernetics, the study of controlling the flow of information in systems with feedback loops, be they biological, mechanical, cognitive, or social.
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Norbert Wiener may be the Tufts alumnus of most enduring fame. He was a world-renowned mathematician and founder of the science of cybernetics and made some of the most important contributions to mathematics in the 20th century. Wiener was born in Columbia, Missouri, November 26, 1894.
BY IRVING EZRA SEGAl. NORBERT WIENER was one of the most original mathematicians and influential scientists of the twentieth century. He developed a new, purely mathematical theory, an integral calculus for functions of infinitely many variables known as functional integration.
I Am a Mathematician . Autobiography, The MIT Press. Norbert Wiener 1894-1964 , by Pesi R. Masani, Birkhäuser. Dark Hero of the Information Age. In Search Of Norbert Wiener--Father of Cybernetics, by Jim Siegelman and Flo Conway, Basic Books. Clive Thompson's review in The New York Times.
Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) was an American mathematician who worked in many fields of mathematics, mostly applied, and is credited with the invention of cybernetics. He was an early example of a child with a “tiger parent” who dominated his education and planned out his life for him.