Wiener, << `wee` nuhr, >> Norbert (1894-1964), was an American mathematician who did fundamental work in the analysis of numerical information. He developed techniques that could be used to analyze data transmitted by radio to separate useful information from undesired disturbances.
Wiener also led in the study of similarities in how nervous systems and machines perform the functions of communication and control. He originated the term cybernetics for this field and used the term as the title of a book he published in 1948.
Wiener was born on Nov. 26, 1894, in Columbia, Missouri. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University at the age of 18. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1919 to 1960. He died on March 18, 1964.
