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These two volumes ( I Am Mathematician and Ex-Prodigy) comprise Norbert Wiener's autobiography. Sometimes with humor and sometimes with sadness, they render an account, without sentiment, of the life of the world-renowned mathematician and scientist. An unusual life story, Norbert Wiener's penetrating observations accompany the fascinating details describing the maturation of a major world scientist.
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Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) served on the faculty in the Department of Mathematics at MIT from 1919 until his death. In 1963, he was awarded the National Medal of Science for his contributions to mathematics, engineering, and biological sciences. He was the author of many books, including Norbert Wiener―A Life in Cybernetics and the National Book Award-winning God & Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion (both published by the MIT Press).
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I Am a Mathematician. The Later Life of a Prodigy. An autobiographical account of the mature years and career of Norbert Wiener and a continuation of the account of his childhood in Ex-Prodigy.
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Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1973
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Paperback. Condition: Gut. Fourth printing. 380 p. Der Einband ist berieben, ansonsten ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen. / The binding is rubbed, otherwise a good and clean copy without markings. -- Contents -- Preface -- My Start as a Mathematician -- The International Mathematical Congress of 1920 at Strasbourg -- 1920-1925. Years of Consolidation -- The Period of My Travels Abroad-Max Born and Quan- tum Theory -- To Europe as a Guggenheim Fellow with My Bride -- 1927-1931. Years of Growth and Progress -- An Unofficial Cambridge Don -- Back Home. 1932-1933 -- Voices Prophesying War. 1933-1935 -- China and Around the World -- The Days before the War. 1936-1939 -- The War Years. 1940-1945 -- Mexico. 1944 -- Moral Problems of a Scientist. The Atomic Bomb. 1942- -- Nancy, Cybernetics, Paris, and After: 1946-1952 -- India. 1953 -- Epilogue -- Index. ISBN 9780262730075 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 405. Seller Inventory # 1262108
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