forewords by Doug Hill and Sanjoy K. Mitter
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
© 2019, 1961, 1948 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
First MIT Press paperback edition, February 1965
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964, author.
Title: Cybernetics ; or, Control and communication in the animal and the machine / Norbert Wiener ; forewords by Doug Hill and Sanjoy Mitter.
Other titles: Control and communication in the animal and the machine
Description: [Second edition, 2019 reissue]. | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2019] | “Reissue of the 1961 second edition.” | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019005612 | ISBN 9780262537841 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Cybernetics. | Control theory. | System theory.
Classification: LCC Q310 .W47 2019 | DDC 003/.5--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019005612
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