• DocumentCode
    3605984
  • Title

    Norbert Wiener: Odd Man Ahead [Keynote]

  • Author

    Bateson, Mary Catherine

  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    35
  • Lastpage
    36
  • Abstract
    Reports on Norbert Wiener. Wiener coined the word “cybernetics” from the Greek word for steersman, defining it as the “science of communication and control.” He is sometimes called the “father of the computer,” but more important was what is often called systems theory and mainly now belongs to business schools and family therapy.
  • Keywords
    cybernetics; system theory; Norbert Wiener; cybernetics; systems theory; Biographies; Cybernetics; History; Wiener, Norbert;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MTS.2015.2461184
  • Filename
    7270424