《人有人的用处》内容简介
本书为美国数学家、控制论的创始人N.维纳(1894—1964)所著,是维纳系统阐述控制论的著述之一。本书从偶然性的宇宙观念和历史上的控制论谈起,在语言、有机体、法律、通讯、社会政策和知识分子的作用、工业革命的历史、通讯机器等方面,对控制论进行了通俗的阐述。本书在科学、社会学和政治学领域均有较大影响。
"The Use of Human beings" content introduction
This book is written by N. Wiener (1894-1964), the American mathematician and founder of cybernetics, and is one of Wiener's works on the systematic elaboration of cybernetics. Starting with the idea of an accidental universe and cybernetics in history, this book provides a popular exposition of cybernetics in the areas of language, organisms, law, communication, social policy and the role of intellectuals, the history of the Industrial Revolution, and communication machines. The book has been influential in the fields of science, sociology and political science.