Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, The Father of CyberneticsBasic Books, 29 sie 2006 - 423 Child prodigy and brilliant MIT mathematician, Norbert Wiener founded the revolutionary science of cybernetics and ignited the information-age explosion of computers, automation, and global telecommunications. His best-selling book, Cybernetics, catapulted him into the public spotlight, as did his chilling visions of the future and his ardent social activism.Based on a wealth of primary sources and exclusive access to Wiener's closest family members, friends, and colleagues, Dark Hero of the Information Age reveals this eccentric genius as an extraordinarily complex figure. No one interested in the intersection of technology and culture will want to miss this epic story of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and colorful figures. |
Spis treści
The Most Remarkable Boy in the World | 3 |
Young Wiener | 28 |
The Wunderkind and the FrauProfessor | 47 |
Weak Currents Light Computers | 63 |
Wienerwalks | 82 |
Birth of a Science | 103 |
IN THE COURT OF CYBERNETICS | 129 |
The Knights of Circular Causality | 131 |
Breach and Betrayal | 213 |
AFTERMATH | 235 |
A Scientist Rebels | 237 |
A Government Reacts | 255 |
Wienerwalks III | 272 |
Childhoods End | 312 |
Epilogue | 337 |
Acknowledgments | 349 |
Breakfast at Macys | 154 |
Cybernetics | 171 |
IO Wienerwalks II | 195 |
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