Or control and communication in the animal and the machine norbert wiener professor of mathematics the iassachusetts institute of technology second edition the mit press cambridge massachusetts and variable stars a star is a definite object eminently suitable for 32 cybernetics newtonian and bergsonian time 33. A classic and influential work that laid the theoretical foundations for information theory and a timely text for contemporary informations theorists and practitioners with the influential book cybernetics first published in 1948 norbert wiener laid the theoretical foundations for the multidisciplinary field of cybernetics the study of controlling the flow of information in systems with . This book brings the 1961 second edition back into print with new forewords by doug hill and sanjoy mitter contemporary readers of cybernetics will marvel at wieners prescience his warnings against noise his disdain for hucksters and gadget worshipers and his view of the mass media as the single greatest anti . Cybernetics while a tad dry clearly shows the linkages between how communication works and how the initial processes of communication were studied and included with the original thinkers for even better success pair this purchase with rise of the machines by thomas rid to continue examining how the field developed beyond weiners initial . Cybernetics in its authoritative and final second edition and available in a modern and highly legible presentation not a facsimile edition photocopy of the printing as are cheap recreationsinstead the quid pro books edition allows the reader to experience the best version of the work in a contemporary but affordable printing not just as a facsimile or reprint