num_pages: 212
description: It appears impossible for anyone seriously interested in our civilization to ignore this book. It is a ‘ must’ book for those in every branch of science . . . in addition, economists, politicians, statesmen, and businessmen cannot afford to overlook cybernetics and its tremendous, even terrifying implications. "It is a beautifully written book, lucid, direct, and despite its complexity, as readable by the layman as the trained scientist." -- John B. Thurston, "The Saturday Review of Literature" Acclaimed one of the "seminal books . . . comparable in ultimate importance to . . . Galileo or Malthus or Rousseau or Mill," "Cybernetics" was judged by twenty-seven historians, economists, educators, and philosophers to be one of those books published during the "past four decades", which may have a substantial impact on public thought and action in the years ahead." -- Saturday Review
language: English
title: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
titlecomplete: Cybernetics: or the Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
genres: Classics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, Psychology, Technology, Biology, Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 665
publisher: Mit Pr