Title: Cybernetics, or control and communication in the animal and the machine
First published: 1948
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
Time periods: 1948