Harmonies of Disorder Norbert Wiener: A Mathematician-Philosopher of Our Time /

• Main Author: Montagnini, Leone (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Biographies,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Philosophy.; Computers.; History.; Mathematical logic.; Physics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Computing.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Philosophy of Technology.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.

This book presents the entire body of thought of Norbert Wiener (1894–1964), knowledge of which is essential if one wishes to understand and correctly interpret the age in which we live. The focus is in particular on the philosophical and sociological aspects of Wiener’s thought, but these aspects a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• PART I 1894-1918
• Chapter 1 – Roots
• Chapter 2 – Education
• Chapter 3 - A young Philosopher
• PART II 1919-1939
• Chapter 4 - A Mathematician at work
• Chapter 5 - Reflections on Science and Technology
• PART III. 1940-1945
• Chapter 6 - Military Research Projects
• PART IV - 1946-1964
• Chapter 7 - After Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Chapter 8 - The book Cybernetics
• Ch. 9 - After Cybernetics
• Conclusions
• References
• Index of names
• Subject index.