Dark Hero of the Information Age

In Search of Norbert Wiener, The Father of Cybernetics

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By Flo Conway

By Jim Siegelman

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Child prodigy and brilliant MIT mathematician, Norbert Wiener founded the revolutionary science of cybernetics and ignited the information-age explosion of computers, automation, and global telecommunications. His best-selling book, Cybernetics, catapulted him into the public spotlight, as did his chilling visions of the future and his ardent social activism. Based on a wealth of primary sources and exclusive access to Wiener’s closest family members, friends, and colleagues, Dark Hero of the Information Age reveals this eccentric genius as an extraordinarily complex figure. No one interested in the intersection of technology and culture will want to miss this epic story of one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant and colorful figures.
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On Sale
Apr 27, 2009
Page Count
464 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780786735617

Flo Conway

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Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman are award-winning journalists and the authors of the bestselling Snapping: America’s Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change and Holy Terror: The Fundamentalist War on America’s Freedoms in Religion, Politics, and Our Private Lives. They live in New York City.

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