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Norbert Wiener—A Life in Cybernetics: Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth and I Am a Mathematician: The Later Life of a Prodigy
Norbert Wiener—A Life in Cybernetics: Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth and I Am a Mathematician: The Later Life of a Prodigy
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Norbert Wiener
Norbert Wiener

Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) served on the faculty in the Department of Mathematics at MIT from 1919 until his death. In 1963, he was awarded the National Medal of Science for his contributions to mathematics, engineering, and biological sciences. He was the author of many books, including Norbert Wiener—A Life in Cybernetics and the National Book Award-winning God & Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion (both published by the MIT Press).

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11597.001.0001
ISBN electronic:
9780262347051
Publication date:
2018
Book Chapter

5: In the Sweat of My Brow: Cambridge, September 1901–September 1903

Doi:
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11597.003.0012
  • Published:
    2018
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