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...Norbert Wiener died in Stockholm last month, and this book, consisting of lectures delivered at Yale and Paris in 1962, is his first posthumous publication. In many ways, it is an accurate reflection of the author--brilliant, complex, and often controversial...
...Wiener, who received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard when he was 18, is best known for his work in mathematical communications and control systems; he first put forth his ideas in Cybernetics, published in 1948. Since then, he has never ceased his discussion of the relationship between man and the machines he creates. God and Golem, Inc., a consideration of "certain points where cybernetics impinges on religion," continues that discussion...
...Wiener published his famous Cybernetics, which caused a still-continuing stir in scientific circles. The word cybernetics, which Wiener coined, is based on the Greek word for "steersman," and he made it stand for the science of control mechanisms that he showed to be part of neurology, psychology and many other disciplines. The human brain is a control mechanism; so are a computer, a missile's guidance system, even a simple household thermostat. All of them obey the rules that Wiener spelled...
Devalued Brains. Cybernetics made Wiener famous. Even the Russians, who called him a "fat, cigar-smoking capitalist," adopted his ideas. Wherever he went he spoke eloquently of his fears that dependence on computers, if not carefully controlled, might someday devalue human brains...
Died. Norbert Wiener, 69, M.I.T. mathematician, cyberneticist, linguist; of a heart attack; in Stockholm (see SCIENCE...