Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, The Father of Cybernetics
Autor Flo Conway, Jim Siegelmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 aug 2006
Child
prodigy
and
brilliant
MIT
mathematician,
Norbert
Wiener
founded
the
revolutionary
science
of
cybernetics
and
ignited
the
information-age
explosion
of
computers,
automation,
and
global
telecommunications.
His
best-selling
book,Cybernetics,
catapulted
him
into
the
public
spotlight,
as
did
his
chilling
visions
of
the
future
and
his
ardent
social
activism.Based
on
a
wealth
of
primary
sources
and
exclusive
access
to
Wiener's
closest
family
members,
friends,
and
colleagues,
Dark
Hero
of
the
Information
Age
reveals
this
eccentric
genius
as
an
extraordinarily
complex
figure.
No
one
interested
in
the
intersection
of
technology
and
culture
will
want
to
miss
this
epic
story
of
one
of
the
twentieth
century's
most
brilliant
and
colorful
figures.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465013715
ISBN-10: 0465013716
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 159 x 232 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
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ISBN-10: 0465013716
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 159 x 232 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Flo
Conwayand
Jim
Siegelman
are
award-winning
journalists
and
the
authors
of
the
bestsellingSnapping:
America's
Epidemic
of
Sudden
Personality
ChangeandHoly
Terror:
The
Fundamentalist
War
on
America's
Freedoms
in
Religion,
Politics,
and
Our
Private
Lives.
They
live
in
New
York
City.
Flo
Conway
andJim
Siegelmanare
award-winning
journalists
and
the
authors
of
the
bestsellingSnapping:
America's
Epidemic
of
Sudden
Personality
ChangeandHoly
Terror:
The
Fundamentalist
War
on
America's
Freedoms
in
Religion,
Politics,
and
Our
Private
Lives.
They
live
in
New
York
City.