Table of Contents

1 Prologue.- 2 Count Tolstoy and Wiener’s Father.- 3 New England and Wiener’s Early Training, 1901–1905.- 4 Harvard and Wiener’s University Training, 1906–1913.- 5 Bertrand Russell and Wiener’s Postdoctoral Years, 1914–1917.- 6 World War I and Wiener’s Military Yearnings.- 7 From Postulate Systems to the Brownian Motion and Potential Theory.- 8 The Allotment of National Income, Marriage, and Wiener’s Academic Career.- 9 From Communications Engineering to Generalized Harmonic Analysis and Tauberian Theory.- 10 Max Born and Wiener’s Thoughts on Quantum Mechanics and Unified Field Theory.- 11 The Collaboration with E. Hopf and R.E.A.C. Paley.- 12 Birkhoff’s Theorem and the Consolidation of Wiener’s Ideas on Statistical Physics.- 13 Lee, Bush, and Wiener’s Thoughts on Networks and Computers.- 14 Bigelow and Anti-Aircraft Fire Control, 1940–1945.- 15 Arturo Rosenblueth and Wiener’s Work in Physiology.- 16 McCulloch, Pitts and the Evolution of Wiener’s Neurophysiological Ideas.- 17 The Cybernetical Movement and von Neumann’s Letter, 1946.- 18 Cybernetics.- 19 The Second Industrial Revolution and its Educational, Economic and Social Challenges.- 20 Wiener on Global Policy and Military Science; von Neumann’s Position; Science and Human Welfare.- 21 Wiener’s Excursion into the Religious Domain.- 22 Wiener’s Literary Predilections and Initiatives. His Concept of Art.- 23 Wiener, the Man and the Teacher: Authenticity and Prejudice in his Attitudes and Writings.- 24 Epilogue.- Academic Vita of Norbert Wiener.- Doctoral Students of Norbert Wiener.- The Classification of Wiener’s Papers.- Bibliography of Norbert Wiener.- Defense Department Documents.- References.- Name Index.- Photograph Index and Credits.