Ian Channing reviewed Cybernetics by Norbert Wiener
Review of 'Cybernetics' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Fascinating book, the maths is hard to follow, but the concepts are world changing
212 pages
English language
Published Oct. 9, 1961 by M.I.T. Press.
3 stars
(4 reviews)
Cybernetics describes the application of statistical mechanics methods to communications engineering. Its subject matter ranges from such control mechanisms as servo-mechanisms, mathematical calculators, and automatic pilots, to the nerves and brain of the human body.
This is a study of human control functions and mechanico-electrical systems designed to replace them. As such it impinges on every branch of science. It is the outgrowth of extensive theoretical study and experimentation by Dr. Wiener and a group of outstanding scientists -- including physiologists, psychologists, mathematicians, and electrical engineers.
billy reviewed Cybernetics by Norbert Wiener
Review of 'Cybernetics' on 'Goodreads'
the kind of book that, when you find it amidst the rubble of what was once a library, some four hundred years after the Fall, allows you to start a cult and reconstruct a massive portion of the science that led up to it
Subjects
- Cybernetics.