(b.) November 26, 1894 — (d.) March 18, 1964
Description
Founder of cybernetics, Wiener pioneered the study of stochastic and noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication, and control systems. Cybernetics, the field he founded, formalized the notion of feedback, with many implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, philosophy, and the organization of society.
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