Milestones of Science Books

WIENER, Norbert.

Cybernetics or control and communication in the animal and the machine. Actualités scientifiques et industrielles, 1053.

Paris / Cambridge / New York: Hermann & Cie. / The Technology Press / John Wiley & Sons, 1948.

1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Item #003626

8vo (253 x 165 mm). 194, [2] pp. Publisher's orange wrappers printed in red and black (wrappers a trifle dust-soiled, lower corner of front wrapper with small dog-ear, slight unobtrusive chipping at foot of spine). Text crisp and clean troughout with just a little age-toning. A near fine copy. ----

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. DSB XIV, p. 347: "[Wiener] has contributed to popularizing a way of thinking in communication theory terms" (DSB). Important contribution to computer technology. The book sees itself as a theory of communication and control processes in machines and living organisms. It is less suitable as a systematic reference work, but it contains important impulses for the architecture of modern calculating machines. - Visit our website to see more images!

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