The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society

by Norbert Wiener

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Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics,the study of the relationship between computers and the human nervous system,Wiener was widely misunderstood as one who advocated the automation of human life. As this book reveals, his vision was much more complex and interesting. He hoped that machines would release people from relentless...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0306803208

ISBN13:9780306803208

Release Date:March 1988

Publisher:Da Capo Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.58 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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