Cybernetics

Description:

Cybernetics describes the application of statistical mechanics methods to communications engineering. Its subject matter ranges from such control mechanisms as servo-mechanisms, mathematical calculators, and automatic pilots, to the nerves and brain of the human body. This is a study of human control functions and mechanico-electrical systems designed to replace them. As such it impinges on every branch of science. It is the outgrowth of extensive theoretical study and experimentation by Dr. Wiener and a group of outstanding scientists -- including physiologists, psychologists, mathematicians, and electrical engineers.

subjects: Mathematical statistics,  Cybernetics,  Servomechanisms,  Computing,  open_syllabus_project,  Factories,  Design and construction,  Cybernétique,  Cybernetica,  Statistiques mathematiques,  Robotics & computer vision,  Society & cyberculture,  Long Now Manual for Civilization,  Biological control systems

Times: 1948