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Norbert Wiener

1894 - 1964

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Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and philosopher. He became a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher in stochastic and mathematical noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication, and control systems. Wiener is considered the originator of cybernetics, the science of communication as it relates to living things and machines, with implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, neuroscience, philosophy, and the organization of society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norbert Wiener is the 71st most popular mathematician (down from 55th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from United States (down from 310th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Mathematician.

Norbert Wiener is most famous for his work in cybernetics, which is the study of the control and communication between humans and machines.

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Among mathematicians, Norbert Wiener ranks 71 out of 1,004. Before him are Nikolai Lobachevsky, Richard Dedekind, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Hermann Minkowski, Andrey Kolmogorov, and Gaspard Monge. After him are Giuseppe Peano, Stanislaw Ulam, Siméon Denis Poisson, Bhāskara II, Regiomontanus, and János Bolyai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Norbert Wiener ranks 15. Before him are Boris III of Bulgaria, Jean Renoir, Maximilian Kolbe, John Ford, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Joseph Roth. After him are Fritz Sauckel, Moshe Sharett, Kim Hyong-jik, Isaac Babel, Gala Dalí, and Alexander Oparin. Among people deceased in 1964, Norbert Wiener ranks 12. Before him are Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Paul of Greece, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, James Franck, Alma Mahler, and Rachel Carson. After him are Gerhard Domagk, Ian Fleming, Vasily Grossman, Sigfrid Edström, Gerrit Rietveld, and Palmiro Togliatti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norbert Wiener ranks 472 out of 20,380. Before him are Kurt Cobain (1967), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), James B. Sumner (1887), Eminem (1972), Harry Nilsson (1941), and Chris Cooper (1951). After him are Jennifer Lopez (1969), Oliver Stone (1946), Frank Herbert (1920), Sandra Bullock (1964), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), and Julia Roberts (1967).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Norbert Wiener ranks 3. Before him are John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928), and Charles Sanders Peirce (1839). After him are Katherine Johnson (1918), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Jim Simons (1938), Claude Shannon (1916), Paul Cohen (1934), John Tate (1925), Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), and Alonzo Church (1903).

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