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Norbert Wiener, born on November 26, 1894, and died on March 18, 1964, was an American mathematician and a founding figure in the field of cybernetics. Known as the 'father of the information age,' Wiener made significant contributions to mathematics, physics, and engineering, particularly in the areas of stochastic processes, Fourier analysis, and control theory.

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“Until we in the community have made up our minds that what we really want is expiation, or removal, or reform, or or the discouragement of potential criminals, we shall get none of these, but only a confusion in which crime breeds more crime.”

Want Mind Made Community Crime Criminals Confusion Reform Discouragement Removal

Book:The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society

Source: The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society

“The sense of tragedy is that the world is not a pleasant little nest made for our protection, but a vast and largely hostile environment, in which we can achieve great things only by defying the gods; and that this defiance inevitably brings its own punishment.”

World Littles Made Environment Achieve Tragedy Protection Punishment Great Things Pleasant Hostile Nests Defiance Defying Hostile Environment

Book:The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society

Source: The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society

“Scientific discovery consists in the interpretation for our own convenience of a system of existence which has been made with no eye to our convenience at all.”

Has Beens Made Eye Science Existence Discovery Interpretation Convenience Scientific Discovery

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“The nervous system and the automatic machine are fundamentally alike in that they are devices, which make decisions on the basis of decisions they made in the past.”

Made Past Decision Machines Bases Nervous Devices Nervous System

Book:The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society

Source: The human use of human beings: cybernetics and society

About the Author

Born: November 26, 1894
Died: March 18, 1964
Known for: Mathematician
Quotes: 64

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