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Norbert Wiener's celebrated autobiography, available for the first time in one volume. číst celé

The book presents a collection of lectures that explore the significance of nonlinear processes across various fields, including physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, physiology, and communication theory. It offers insights into how these processes influence different scientific and engineering disciplines, emphasizing their fundamental role in understanding complex systems. This reprint maintains the integrity of the original 1958 edition, ensuring that the content remains accessible and relevant for contemporary readers.

Focusing on technical aspects of time series and communication engineering, this book serves as a companion to Wiener's earlier work, "Cybernetics." It is designed for engineers and includes an introduction, five chapters, and three appendices. The content covers generalized harmonic analysis, prediction, filtering, and multiple prediction theory. Additionally, it discusses the application of these methods to approximate differentiation, providing practical tools for professionals in electrical communication and related fields.

2013 Reprint of 1961 Second Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Acclaimed one of the "seminal books... comparable in ultimate importance to... Galileo or Malthus or Rousseau or Mill," "Cybernetics" was judged by twenty-seven historians, economists, educators, and philosophers to be one of those books published during the "past four decades," which may have a substantial impact on public thought and action in the years ahead." -- Saturday Review. Cybernetics was defined in the mid 20th century by Norbert Wiener as "the scientific study of control and communication in the animal and the machine." Fields of study which have influenced or been influenced by cybernetics include game theory, system theory (a mathematical counterpart to cybernetics), perceptual control theory, sociology, psychology (especially neuropsychology, behavioral psychology, cognitive psychology), philosophy, architecture, and organizational theory. Contents: Part one: original edition - Newtonian and Bergsonian time - Groups and statistical mechanics - Time series, information, and communication - Feedback and oscillation - Computing machines and nervous system - Gestalt and universals - Cybernetics and psychopathology - Information, language, and society - Part two: supplement chapters - On learning and self - reproducing machines - Brain waves and self - organizing systems.

Focusing on harmonic analysis, this book presents lectures from the University of Cambridge with a balance of rigor and readability. It explores the Plancherel theorem related to Fourier transforms and discusses Tauberian theorems, influenced by G. H. Hardy's work, including applications to prime number theorems. Aimed at both pure and applied mathematicians, this reprint of a classic text captures Wiener's fundamental contributions to the field, making it essential reading for those engaged in harmonic analysis.

Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics—the study of the relationship between computers and the human nervous system—Wiener was widely misunderstood as one who advocated the automation of human life. As this book reveals, his vision was much more complex and interesting. He hoped that machines would release people from relentless and repetitive drudgery in order to achieve more creative pursuits. At the same time he realized the danger of dehumanizing and displacement. His book examines the implications of cybernetics for education, law, language, science, technology, as he anticipates the enormous impact—in effect, a third industrial revolution—that the computer has had on our lives.