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Norbert Wiener

American mathematician who founded cybernetics, the study of control and communication in animal and machine.

Norbert Wiener holding a cigar in front of a blackboard, with his Palomilla cybernetic moth on the table
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Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) was an American mathematician who founded cybernetics — the study of control and communication in the animal and the machine — in his 1948 book of that name, shaping feedback theory across engineering, biology, and the social sciences.

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  • Norbert Wiener CONCEPT

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    A system's output routed back as its own input, forming a causal loop — the organizing mechanism of self-regulation in cybernetics.

    DYNAMICS CYBERNETICS FEEDBACK