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WIENER, NORBERT. 1894-1964. Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine. New York & Paris: John Wiley & Sons, Hermann, 1948. image 1
WIENER, NORBERT. 1894-1964. Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine. New York & Paris: John Wiley & Sons, Hermann, 1948. image 2
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WIENER, NORBERT. 1894-1964.
Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine. New York & Paris: John Wiley & Sons, Hermann, 1948.

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WIENER, NORBERT. 1894-1964.

Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine. New York & Paris: John Wiley & Sons, Hermann, 1948.
8vo. Original crimson cloth stamped in black and white, dust jacket. Some light spots to edges, jacket with spine toned, an excellent copy overall.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED by Wiener and with original prospectus laid in. MIT professor of Mathematics Norbert Wiener's work was a groundbreaking set of predictions about the future of machine and man. He coined the term cybernetics based on the Greek verb kybernan, "to steer, navigate or govern." Hook & Norman Origin of Cyberspace 991.

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