BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Criticism/Essays Biographies Biographies My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help
Not What You Meant?  There are 19 definitions for Wiener.

Search "Norbert Wiener"

 

Norbert Wiener Summary

Norbert Wiener

Print-Friendly
About 37 pages (11,206 words) in 8 products

"Norbert Wiener" Search Results
Contents:
Quotations
summary from source:
Norbert Wiener Quotes
2,567 words, approx. 9 pages
Norbert Wiener ( 26 November 1894 – 18 March 1964 ) was a U.S. mathematician, and a pioneer in the study of stochastic processes and noise especially in the field of electronic communication and control systems. He coined the term " cybernetics " in...


Biography

Name: Norbert Wiener
Birth Date: November 26, 1894
Death Date: March 18, 1964
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Death: Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: mathematician

summary from source:
Biography of Norbert Wiener
439 words, approx. 2 pages
The American mathematician Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) studied computing and control devices. Out of these studies he created the science of cybernetics. Norbert Wiener was born on Nov. 26, 1894, at Cambridge, Mass. His father, Leo Wiener, professor of...
summary from source:
Biography of Norbert Wiener
385 words, approx. 1 pages
Born in Columbia, Missouri, Wiener experienced an atypical childhood; able to read and write by the age of three, Wiener's early years lacked much of the fun associated with childhood. Wiener's father, a professor at Harvard University, was a strict...
summary from source:
Biography of Norbert Wiener
2,498 words, approx. 8 pages
Norbert Wiener was one of the most original mathematicians of his time. The field concerning the study of automatic control systems, called cybernetics, owes a great deal not only to his researches, but to his continuing efforts at publicity. He wrote...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
Wiener, Norbert Summary
830 words, approx. 3 pages
Born in Columbia, Missouri, on November 26, Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) gained prominence as a world-famous mathematician who founded the interdisciplinary field of cybernetics, questioned its social implications, and encouraged scientists and...
summary from source:
Norbert Wiener Summary
77 words, approx. 0 pages
1894-1964 American mathematician best known for establishing the science of cybernetics, which is concerned with the mathematical analysis of, analogies between, and information flow within mechanical and biological systems. This work was influenced by...
summary from source:
Norbert Wiener Information
1,919 words, approx. 6 pages
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...


News and Journals
summary from source:

et Cetera
Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener the Father of Cybernetics
01/01/2006: 421 words, approx. 1 pages
Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman. Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener the Father of Cybernetics. New York: Basic Books, 2005. I was introduced to Norbert Wiener through Neil Postman's Media Ecology seminars. A wunderkind, born in 1894,...
summary from source:

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener the Father of Cybernetics.(Book Review)
01/01/2006: 415 words, approx. 1 pages
Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman. Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener the Father of Cybernetics. New York: Basic Books, 2005. I was introduced to Norbert Wiener through Neil Postman's Media Ecology seminars. A wunderkind, born in 1894,...
 


Norbert Wiener Study Pack

Get the complete Norbert Wiener Study Pack, which includes everything on this page. Approximately 37 pages (at 300 words per page) in 7 products.

 Please Note: Study Pack does not include any HighBeam content.

This Study Pack Contains:
4 Biographies
3 Encyclopedia Articles
Multiple Formats Available:

· online web format
· "print-friendly" format
· downloadable PDF format
· downloadable Word/RTF format
Available Immediately Online
 

Norbert Wiener

Print-Friendly
About 37 pages (11,206 words) in 8 products


Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy