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Revolutionary, classic book Cybernetics: now in quality eBook, hardcover, and paperback editions

CYBERNETICS is on virtually everyone’s short list of the most important and influential nonfiction books of the last century. First published by MIT math professor Norbert Wiener in 1948, and later expanded in its Second Edition in 1961, this groundbreaking account of systems, thought processes, AI, and the use of “feedback” foreshadowed intelligent and replicating machines, complex organizational organisms, and the physiology and failure of the human nervous system. No small wonder this book has been widely read by scientists and lay readers alike, to understand the origins and future of computers, wider communication pathways, the use of feedback to refine actions and thought processes, and the logic and math behind non-linear systems. Educated readers know the term “cybernetics”; this book coined the term and created an entire field of interdisciplinary study that resonates today, and led to the “cyber”-everything that we know.

Norbert Wiener, known as the “Father of Cybernetics,” has influenced such fields of study as game theory, system theory, sociology, psychology and neuroscience, modern philosophy, organizational theory, and even architecture.

Now available in a quality ebook presentation, the Quid Pro Books edition of this dynamic and fascinating book features the accurate rendition of formulae and illustrations from the original, linked chapter endnotes, active Contents, linked cross-references to formulae and expressions, and even a detailed and linked Index that allows the reader to jump to the specified page in the book for the particular subject, name, or concept.

PAPERBACK AVAILABLE at the Quid Pro order page for this book (fulfilled securely and quickly by Amazon), as well as such booksellers as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, BooksAMillion.com, YBP Library Services, and Ingram catalog.

Hardcover edition also available, published in 2015, and seen at such sites as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, BooksAMillion, YBP, and Ingram.

And available in leading ebook formats:

Amazon for Kindle.

Barnes & Noble for Nook.

And at Apple iBooks and iTunes bookstore.

Cataloging:

ISBN 978-1-61027-200-1 (mass mkt. pbk., 2013)
ISBN 978-1-61027-809-6 (trade paperback, 2016 printing)
ISBN 978-1-60127-180-6 (eBook)
ISBN 978-1-61027-846-1 (hardcover, 2015 printing)
ASIN B00BWT4482 (Kindle)
Page count: 232
US list price: ebook $13.99 | paperback $24.99 | hardcover $29.99