ep6 - Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics

In this episode, we delve into the extraordinary life of Norbert Wiener, the founding father of cybernetics - the science “control and communication in the animal and the machine”. Outline 00:00 - Intro 02:06 - The early years of Norbert 09:00 - Europe and WWI 15:50 - MIT days 19:30 - Norbert’s marriage 22:39 - Generalised harmonic analysis 28:18 - The interactions with Hopf and Paley 31:14 - Bush and the analog computer program 35:55 - WWII, Bigelow and prediction theory 40:41 - Rosenbleut...