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OverviewInternationally honoured for brilliant achievements throughout his career, Norbert Wiener (1894-1964), Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was an insightful observer of the role of science in society. This work, written in 1954 but only now published for the first time, can be read as a salutary critique of events in science that Wiener accurately predicted and a chance to rethink the components of a social and political climate that encourages inventiveness. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Norbert Wiener (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) , Steve Joshua HeimsPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 20.10cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780262731119ISBN 10: 0262731118 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 22 August 1994 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: Adult education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe mark of a great book is that it should be relevant well beyond its time, and this volume by Wiener is precisely that. In lucid, enormously readable language, Wiener provides a whistle-stop tour of the history of science and technology from the start of civilisation, charts the growth and decline of intellectual and practical excellence, and uses many examples--such as the development of paper--to show that tools and the skills to realise a design in practice must be available for inventiveness to flourish. --Scientists for Global Responsibility Newsletter Norbert Wiener helped to build and inform our high-tech society. A mathematician with dirty hands, he moved easily between theory, invention and engineering... The manuscript of this unpublished 1954 book was found long after Wiener's death, and is only now available. It's inevitably out of date here and there, but the uncannily accurate predictions and warnings at its heart bring credibility to advice and insights that are all too relevant to our present situation. --J. Baldwin, Whole Earth Review Author InformationNorbert Wiener (1894–1964) served on the faculty in the Department of Mathematics at MIT from 1919 until his death. In 1963, he was awarded the National Medal of Science for his contributions to mathematics, engineering, and biological sciences. He was the author of many books, including Norbert Wiener—A Life in Cybernetics and the National Book Award-winning God & Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion (both published by the MIT Press). Steve J. Heims, once a research physicist, had devoted his attention to the history of twentieth century science for the last two decades. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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