Norbert Wiener

n. (1894-1964) American mathematician who founded the science of cybernetics

Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894, Columbia, Missouri – March 18, 1964, Stockholm Sweden) was an American theoretical and applied mathematician. He was a pioneer in the study of stochastic and noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication, and control systems. Wiener is also the founder of cybernetics, a field that formalizes the notion of feedback and has implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, philosophy, and the organization of society.
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Noun
1. United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964)
(synonym) Wiener
(hypernym) mathematician

n. Norbert Wiener (1894-1964), American mathematician who founded the science of cybernetics

(b. 1894, Columbia, MO, d. 1964, Stockholm, Sweden, Ph.D. Philosophy, Harvard University, 1913). Wiener launched the discipline of ‘Cybernetics’ with the publication of his book, Cybernetics, in 1948. He defined ‘cybernetics’ as a discipline concerned with the comparative study of control mechanisms in the nervous system and high-speed computers.
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