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	Dark Hero Of The Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics
		Weiner was subject to many folks who came to 'worship at his feet' and try to have him help on hair brained schemes.
		Weiner called and told me that Norbert was in Mass.General as he had fallen down and done serious damge to himself.
		Weiner was clearly taken aback at my brashness and when Norbert sat up she did not know what to do.
	www.teen-bookstore.com /item/Dark-Hero-Of-The-Information-Age-In-Search-of-Norbert-Wiener-The-Father-of-Cybernetics-0738203688.html (1758 words)

	20th WCP: Two Specialists in Cybernetics: Stefan Odobleja and Norbert Weiner. Common and Different Features.
		It is interesting to note that two individuals who worked in and came from such diverse backgrounds and media, reached such similar conclusions within the interval of a decade.
		It is interesting to notice how two scientists who were, at the same time, of science and philosophers (Stefan Odobleja and Norbert Wiener) arrived at very close conclusions in their subjects within a decade.
		NORBERT WIENER (1894 - 1964) was born and grown up in a family of a Jewish scientist.
	www.bu.edu /wcp/Papers/Comp/CompJurc.htm (1732 words)

	Geometry.Net - Scientists Books: Wiener Norbert
		Norbert Wiener was a child prodigy and Professor of Mathematics at MIT from 1919 until his death in 1964.
		A brief series of personal essays by famous mathematician Norbert Wiener on the ethics of modern technology and questions whether humans should follow all leads of technology regardless of the consequences.
		Norbert Wiener's towering intellect,knowledge of the history of science and ability to develop interesting associations between diverse areas of scientific activity, which on initial consideration appear unrelated, have produced a document which is grand in scope and remarkable in accomplishment.
	www.geometry.net /scientists_bk/wiener_norbert.html (1534 words)

	Norber Weiner: The Extrapolation, interpolation and smoothing of stationary time series
		Working with the Fire Control Division of the National Defense Research Committee during World War II, Weiner was assigned the critical problem of anti-aircraft control, specifically the task of designing a gun that could accurately and automatically aim at a high-speed moving target guided by human intelligence.
		Weiner and his assistant, Julian Bigelow, developed a system whereby they would treat the airplane's path as a stationary time series and use probability theory to extrapolate the airplane's future path from its past actions.
		Weiner's famous paper did indeed appear in book form in 1949, seven years after this classified report.
	www.manhattanrarebooks-science.com /weiner.htm (458 words)

	KHealey Blog » Bush's Theology of Disaster
		This distinction is not original to Weiner, but he explores it in a unique way.
		He had no way of responding - no "evildoers" to chase down, no target at which to aim his righteous vengeance - and as a result of his failure to respond, the evil of this tragedy was compounded.
		Weiner argued that "the integrity of the channels of internal communication is essential to the welfare of society." This integrity is corrupted by, among other things, the militarization of science - a process that imposes a Manichaean worldview on science.
	www.khealey.com /blog/index.php?itemid=13 (978 words)

	INFILTEC: HUMOR: Anecdotes About Mathematicians & Logicians
		When he got there he realized that they had moved, that he had no idea where they had moved to, and that the piece of paper with the address was long gone.
		There was a young girl on the street and he conceived the idea of asking her where he had moved to, saying, "Excuse me, perhaps you know me. I'm Norbert Weiner and we've just moved.
		Would you know where we've moved to?" To which the young girl replied, "Yes daddy, mommy thought you would forget." The capper to the story is that I asked his daughter (the girl in the story) about the truth of the story, many years later.
	www.infiltec.com /j-logic.htm (768 words)

	Norbert Wiener related links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		I have chosen as my subject Norbert Wiener because of the magnitude, significance, and durability of his achievements but also because he wrote prolifically, with skill and great passion, about himself, his scientific work, and the responsibilities of a scientist in a democratic society."
		Norbert Wiener was one of the first Americans to make observations on the principle of feedback theory."
		It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems...
	www.angelfire.com /co/1x137/cyber.html (2345 words)

	Dynamic-Coaching - Monday Morning Coach Archive
		Over lunch, Bateson attempted to explain to Weiner his problems in developing a working theory (and in so doing effect a possible cure) of the causes of schizophrenia.
		It was in attempting to answer what Hendricks affectionately calls 'the Weiner question' that Bateson developed his theory, and answering the same question can lead to wonderful insights into the many psychological barriers we put up between ourselves and the life of our dreams.
		Thirty pounds and sixty days later, she had transformed her eating habits and perhaps more importantly, had begun speaking her truth in a variety of situations where in the past she would have 'shoved it down into her stomach'.
	www.dynamic-coaching.com /mmc/2004-04-26.html (814 words)

	Anecdote - Norbert Weiner - Norbert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Moreover, because she expected him to forget their new address she wrote a reminder (with directions) on a slip of paper and gave it to him.
		Naturally, later in the day, Norbert had a brainstorm.
		Years later, however, Weiner's daughter was asked about its accuracy.
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=11198 (266 words)

	EDGE: ONE HALF A MANIFESTO
		I searched for a term that united the diverse ideas I was exploring, and also connected current thinking and culture with earlier generations of thinkers who touched on similar topics.
		The original usage of "cybernetic", as by Norbert Weiner, was certainly not restricted to digital computers.
		Weiner certainly recognized and humanely explored the extraordinary reach of this metaphor, one of the most powerful ever expressed.
	www.edge.org /3rd_culture/lanier/lanier_p1.html (389 words)

	Von Neumann and Nobert Weiner
		Norbert Weiner's daughter, Peggy Kennedy, has kindly corrected some of the details in these amusing but dubiously accurate stories.
		It is unlikely that anyone would give up a good story merely because it is at odds with the facts.
		Von Neumann and Nobert Weiner were both the subject of many dotty professor stories.
	home.tiac.net /~cri/1997/weiner.html (678 words)

	CRITIQUE :: Book Business
		The modern tendency to favor huge sellers and large inventory over modestly selling but higher quality books has brought a certain sameness to the literary landscape, just as suburbanization has given uniformity to the physical landscape.
		Weiner’s book, entitled Cybernetics, deals with the idea of self-regulating mechanisms.
		The route he takes to arriving at this metaphor, along with a portrait of Norbert Weiner that is as colorful those of any of the famous authors who appear here, is as enlightening as it is entertaining.
	www.critiquemagazine.com /article/bookbusiness.html (678 words)

	Heims Steve J - new and used books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mine is: John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener by Steve J. Heims.
		Heims, Steve J. John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: from mathematics of the technologies of life and death.
		Heims, Steve J. - John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: from mathematics of the technologies of life and death.
	www.isbn.pl /A-Heims-Steve-J (345 words)

	031302TooSmart
		Norbert Weiner -- who graduated from Tufts in 1909 at the age of 15 -- is one such example.
		After completing his studies at Tufts, "[Weiner] went on to develop the branch of science known as cybernetics, which deals with the relationship between communication and control in the human brain and in machinery," reported Newsday.
		But Tufts' Dr. Feldman suspects that many child prodigies have a difficult time living up to their promise.
	enews.tufts.edu /printerversion/031302TooSmart.htm (530 words)

	Matematica - News - Altri eventi
		Norbert Weiner, il famoso matematico, era veramente molto distratto.
		Siccome era certa che si sarebbe dimenticato sia che avevano traslocato sia dove avevano traslocato, scrisse su un foglietto il loro nuovo indirizzo e glielo fece mettere in tasca.
		Naturalmente, durante il giorno Weiner ebbe un'idea matematica.
	matematica.uni-bocconi.it /barzellette/barzellette01.htm (914 words)

	Math Jokes
		His wife, knowing Norbert would forget his address, took out a sheet of paper and wrote it down for him.
		Later that day, Norbert had a flash of insight, and fumbling for a piece of paper, wrote down his new theorem on the paper his wife gave him.
		When he came home that night, to the now empty house he moved from, he remembered he had moved, but had no idea where he had moved to.
	www.varatek.com /scott/math_jokes.html (735 words)

	Dark Hero of the Information Age: In search of Norbert Wiener by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman - opinion - 05 February ...
		Dark Hero of the Information Age: In search of Norbert Wiener by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman
		Besides catching the imagination of journalists around the world, the book sent shock waves through the scientific community.
		Norbert Wiener, the book's author, became an international celebrity for his warning that technology would replace human jobs and create redundancies.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=mg18524851.700 (311 words)

	Austin J Damiani
		In The Human Use of Human Beings, Norbert Weiner laments that information is being treated as a commodity.
		The key point to draw from Weiner’s analogy is that the logistics of consumption change information, which is the product of science and the humanities.
		In God and Golem, Inc, Weiner stresses that technology is not dangerous in its own right, but only in the hands of humans.
	www.tc.umn.edu /~dami0016/fall03/cscl3331-politics.htm (1342 words)

	Dark Hero Of The Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics - StrictlyDeals.com - Browse ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In the middle of the last century, Norbert Wiener-ex-child prodigy and brilliant MIT mathematician -founded the science of cybernetics, igniting the information-age explosion of computers, automation, and global telecommunications.
		Wiener was the first to articulate the modern notion of "feedback," and his ideas informed the work of computer pioneer John von Neumann, information theorist Claude Shannon, and anthropologists Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead.
		My only understanding of Weiner was through a few bulletin boards and pictures sprinkled around campus.
	www.strictlydeals.com /Product/0738203688 (2300 words)

	James Brody reviews Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order by Steven Strogatz
		Weiner gave him a note with directions to their new home.
		He asked a small girl if she knew where the Weiner's lived.
		She responded: "Yes, Daddy, come with me." I don't believe this one and neither does Strogatz but I would love to be famous enough to spark this kind of tale!
	www.human-nature.com /nibbs/03/strogatz.html (1426 words)

	[IP] Julian Bigelow, 89, Computer Pioneer, Is Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 1946, when John von Neumann set out to design and build a stored- program computer at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he contacted the mathematician Norbert Weiner for a recommendation for a chief engineer.
		Bigelow was the co-author of a seminal paper with Dr. Weiner and Arturo Rosenblueth, titled "Behavior, Purpose and Teleology," which advanced a set of unifying principles about behavior that would come to serve as the foundation for the field of cybernetics, which studies the way mechanical, biological and electronic systems communicate and interact.
		Bigelow had the practical engineering insight that throughout his career played a crucial role in linking the work of leading theoreticians like Dr. Weiner and Dr. von Neumann to the real world.
	www.interesting-people.org /archives/interesting-people/200302/msg00181.html (890 words)

	MW98: ABSTRACTS
		Originating in the 1940s alongside the birth of the first "ultra-rapid computing machines," cybernetics was conceived as the science of control and communication in the animal and the machine.
		The term, coined by mathematician Norbert Weiner and his colleagues, was derived from the Greek word for "helmsman," whose role was to provide adaptive control of a vessel.
		This state of control is understood to be determined by the flow of information.
	www.archimuse.com /mw98/abstracts/van_alstyne.html (295 words)

	ECE Alumni News - Winter 2002-03 - Department head's message
		It seems that the organizers of this dedication knew the significance of the building's future because they went all out, and brought in well-recognized speakers in an era before jet air service.
		The many speakers featured in the dedication ceremonies included Everett S. Lee, William Shockley, Frederick Seitz, Norbert Weiner, D. North, Joseph T. Tykociner, and of course, Bill Everitt.
		At the time that the doors of the EE Building opened, the field of electrical engineering was dominated by corporations such as Westinghouse, General Electric, RCA, and others.
	www.ece.uiuc.edu /alumni/w02-03/depthead.html (587 words)

	Clive W
		I entered the arena naively needing a definition in connection with an interpretation of a technical concept know as the cross-spectrum.
		I was directed to a paper written by a very eminent mathematician, Norbert Weiner.
		There I found the definition that I later expanded….Initially the definition was slow to be accepted, but later the application by Sims (1972) produced a great deal of discussion.
	www.trinity.edu /nobel/Granger/Granger%20web%20quotes.htm (708 words)

	Week One: Interactivity, Agency, and Change
		We will encounter literary perspectives from Walter Benjamin to William Burroughs, media theory from Walter Ong to Baudrillard, social critique from Spinoza to Adorno, cultural programming from Genesis P-Orridge to Donna Harraway, and play theory from Huizinga to Howard Rheingold, all in the context of the relationship of interactivity to autonomy and agency.
		We will also cover the ideas and intentions of some of networking technology's pioneers, from Vannevar Bush to Norbert Weiner.
		Students will be required to read approximately one book per week, lead one class discussion, supplement one class discussion with audio-visual resources, and write two short papers arguing a cogent theoretical perspective on new media.
	www.rushkoff.com /theory2005.html (490 words)

	The University of Reading - Cybernetics at Reading - News
		The course provides the analytical and practical skills to apply concepts of Cybernetics in a variety of professional environments.
		The program covers both technological and biological aspects of the subject, thus reflecting Norbert Weiner's assertion that Cybernetics is the study of systems in both the animal and machine.
		The course is designed to be a one year full-time degree, but it can also be taken over two years part-time (in some cases it may be possible to do the dissertation away from the University).
	www.cyber.rdg.ac.uk /news.htm?viewnews&ID=00070 (243 words)

	CHRONO-2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Norbert Weiner, an American mathematician, advocates the use of digital rather than analog computers.
		Norbert Weiner credited with inventing the study of communication and control mechanisms in machines and human beings.
		Weiner and A. Rosenblueth later call this science "Cybernetics," from the Greek word Kubernos, meaning pilot.
	www.computermuseum.li /Testpage/01HISTORYCD-Chrono1.htm (14577 words)

	Information Science and Philosophy News, Search and Links: QuickFound.net
		Norbert Weiner and the Social Sciences is a paper by Felix Geyer and Johannes Van Der Zouwen published online by the Red Feather Institute for Advanced Studies.
		The paper analyzes the influence of Norbert Wiener's ideas on the social sciences and on social systems, including society as a whole.
		One of the first recorded tremors was a small, extraordinary book called Cybernetics (John Wiley & Sons; $3), by Professor Norbert Wiener of M.I.T. (TIME, Dec. 27, 1948).
	www.quickfound.net /links/philosophy_and_cybernetics.html (2134 words)

	Capitalization!
		In 1924 watson was named chief executive officer, and he renamed the company international business machines (IBM)....
		, norbert weiner's seminal book on information theory, weiner describes three ways in which the world's (and his) outlook had changed forever.
		These early successes led Simon and Newell to say in a 1958 paper entitled "Heuristic problem solving: The next advance in operations research," "there are now in the world machines that can think...." [from
	www.u-aizu.ac.jp /~tripp/cap.html (437 words)

	English 197: Digitalizing Culture
		This course will try to understand these developments by studying three kinds of writing in relation to one another.
		A few (user friendly) classic texts from the early theory of digital communication: by Alan Turing, Norbert Weiner, Vannevar Bush, and others.
		These texts help to give an historical grounding to our understanding of digitalization.
	transcriptions.english.ucsb.edu /archive/courses/warner/english197/English197.syl.html (884 words)

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