God & Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion

by Norbert Wiener

Book Overview

The new and rapidly growing field of communication sciences owes as much to Norbert Wiener as to any one man. He coined the word for it--cybernetics. In God & Golem, Inc., the author concerned himself with major points in cybernetics which are relevant to religious issues.The first point he considers is that of the machine which learns. While learning is a property almost exclusively ascribed to the self-conscious living system, a computer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262730111
• ISBN13: 9780262730112
• Release Date: March 1966
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 99 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher