Norbert Wiener
Acting
Born: 11/26/1894•Died: 3/18/1964
Place of Birth
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Biography
Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and philosopher. He became a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wiener is considered the originator of cybernetics, the science of communication as it relates to living things and machines, with implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, neuroscience, philosophy, and the organization of society.
