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    		• Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964.
     
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    		• Cybernetics -- Research -- 20th century.
     
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    		• Mathematics -- Research -- 20th century.
     
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    		• American Association for the Advancement of Science.
     
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    		• American Mathematical Society.
     
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    		• Institute of Radio Engineers.
     
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    		• International Association for Cybernetics.
     
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    		• Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.
     
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    		• M.I.T. Press.
     
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    		• Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty.
     
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    		• United States. Veterans Administration.
     
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    		• Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964. Archives.
     
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    		• Barlow, John S., 1925-
     
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    		• Bateson, Gregory.
     
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    		• Bigelow, Julian Himely, 1913-
     
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    		• Bohr, Harald August, 1887-1951.
     
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    		• Born, Max, 1882-1970.
     
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    		• Brazier, Mary Agnes Burniston, 1904-
     
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    		• Bronowski, Jacob, 1908-1974.
     
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    		• Buerger, Martin Julian, 1903-
     
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    		• Burchard, John E. (John Ely), 1898-
     
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    		• Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974.
     
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    		• Caianiello, Eduardo R., 1921-
     
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    		• Cartwright, Mary Lucy.
     
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    		• Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954.
     
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    		• Conklin, Groff, 1904-1968.
     
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    		• De Santillana, Giorgio, 1902-
     
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    		• Deutsch, Karl Wolfgang, 1912-
     
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    		• Doob, Joseph L.
     
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    		• Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
     
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    		• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
     
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    		• Epstein, Jason.
     
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    		• Frechét, Maurice, 1878-
     
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    		• Galdston, Iago, 1895-
     
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    		• Gurland, John, 1917-
     
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    		• Hadamard, Jacques, 1865-1963.
     
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    		• Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964.
     
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    		• Hardy, G. H. (Godfrey Harold), 1877-1947.
     
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    		• Harrison, George Russell, 1898-
     
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    		• Hein, Piet, 1905-
     
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    		• Heins, A. E.
     
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    		• Heyel, Carl, 1908-
     
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    		• Hoagland, Hudson, 1899-1982.
     
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    		• Hollcroft, Temple Rice, 1889-
     
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    		• Ikehara, Shikao, 1904-
     
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    		• Kac, Mark.
     
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    		• Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974.
     
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    		• Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-
     
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    		• Kissinger, Henry, 1923-
     
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    		• Kline, John Robert, 1891-1955.
     
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    		• Korzybski, Alfred, 1879-1950.
     
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    		• Kosambi, D. D. (Damodar Dharmanand), 1907-1966.
     
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    		• Lee, Y. W. (Yuk Wing), 1904-
     
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    		• Lefschetz, Solomon, 1884-1972.
     
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    		• Lettvin, Jerome Ysrael.
     
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    		• Levinson, Norman, 1912-
     
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    		• Levy, Paul, 1886-
     
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    		• Lichtenstein, Leon, b.1878.
     
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    		• Littauer, Sebastian B.
     
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    		• McCulloch, Warren S. (Warren Sturgis), b. 1898
     
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    		• Mahalanobis, P. C. (Prasanta Chandra), 1893-1972.
     
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    		• Mandelbrojt, Szolem, 1899-
     
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    		• Martin, William Ted, 1911-
     
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    		• Masani, Pesi Rustom.
     
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    		• Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.
     
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    		• Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975.
     
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    		• Morison, Robert S., 1906-
     
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    		• Muscio, Bernard.
     
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    		• Neyman, Jerzy, 1894-
     
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    		• Oaley, Raymond E. A. C. (Raymond Edward Alan Christopher), 1907-1933.
     
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    		• Parsegian, V. L. (Vazken L.)
     
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    		• Pauling, Linus, 1901-
     
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    		• Pikler, Andrew G.
     
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    		• Raisbeck, Gordon.
     
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    		• Rathe, Alex W.
     
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    		• Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970.
     
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    		• Richardson, R. G. D, (Roland George Dwight. 1878-1949.
     
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    		• Rosenblith, Walter A.
     
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    		• Rosenblueth, Arturo, 1900-
     
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    		• Rothstein, Jerome.
     
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    		• Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
     
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    		• Schade, J. P.
     
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    		• Shedlovsky, Theodore, 1898-
     
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    		• Siegel, Armand.
     
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    		• Stone, Marshall H. (Marshall Harvey), 1903-
     
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    		• Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-
     
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    		• Struik, Dirk Jan, 1894-
     
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    		• Tamarkin, J. D. (Jacob David), 1888-
     
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    		• Vallee, Robert.
     
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    		• Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960.
     
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    		• Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957.
     
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    		• Walter, William Grey, 1910-
     
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    		• Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978
     
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    		• Wintner, Aurel, 1903-
     
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    		• Zygmund, Antoni, 1900-
     
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    		• Akutowicz, E. J.
     
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    		• Boelter, Llewellyn Michael Kraus, 1898-
     
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    		• Chao, Yuen Ren, 1892-
     
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    		• Sandoval Vallarta, Manuel, 1899-1977.
     
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    		• Wiener, Leo, 1862-1939.
     
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    		• Lectures.
     
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    		• Manuscripts.
     
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    		• Speeches.
     
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    		• Mathematicians. -- Archives.
     
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    Norbert Wiener Papers, 1898-1966.
    by Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964.
    Description: 
    71 manuscript boxes.
    Owning Repository: 
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute Archives and Special Collections. M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
    Web Site: 
    http://www.aip.org/history/ead/browse.html#mit_wiener (Online finding aid)
    Country of Repository: 
    USA
    Biography/History: 
    Mathematician. Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University, 1913. In 1919 he was appointed instructor in mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology later becoming full professor through professor emeritus in 1960. He served as visiting professor at institutions around the world. Wiener was a mathematician known for his ability to find connections between mathematics and other fields. His research included work on Brownian motion, potential theory, generalized harmonic analysis, and communication theory. He developed a new purely mathematical theory, an integral calculus for the function of infinitely many variables known as function integration which contributed to advances on probability and theoretical physics. He worked on the harmonic analysis of functions of real and complex variables, and developed applications of his mathematical ideas in engineering, biology, and other fields. His interdisciplinary approach to his work led him to collaborate with many colleagues throughout the course of his career, including Aurel Wintner, Dirk Struik, Max Born, H.R. Pitt, R.E.A.C. Paley, and John von Neumann. He worked many years with Arturo Rosenblueth on the relationship between mechanical and physiological systems, particularly in regard to the role of feedback. In later life he developed cybernetics, which in part is a synthesis of ideas presented earlier by Vannevar Bush, Walter B. Canon, Alan M. Turing, and others.Wiener's publications are extensive and also include popular subjects and science fiction.
    Scope of Material: 
    Wiener's early life is well documented in family correspondence, especially with his father, who taught him at home until high school and who remained an important influence on his work. College notebooks, graduate philosophy essays, and Army records are also included. Wiener's correspondence with his professors, including Bertrand Russell, and with his colleagues trace his work in mathematical theory and its interdisciplinary applications. The gradual development of information theory and cybernetics is found in correspondence with Arturo Rosenblueth, John von Neumann, and Warren S. McCulloch. Much of his correspondence on non-scientific matters examines his interest in the world situation before World War II, his efforts to assist European scholars, and his postwar concern that scientists not evade social responsibility. Correspondence with Walter Reuther discusses his fear of possible postwar unemployment.The collection includes extensive files of Wiener's writings, published and unpublished. Copies of articles he wrote while in Cambridge and Germany reflect his transition from philosopher to mathematician. His later writings record his collaborative work with colleagues and students. Included in the collection is the unpublished Dynamics of the Nervous System, by Wiener and Rosenblueth, as well as his other books, lectures, speeches, articles, and book reviews. Copies of writings by others are also included in the collection. Some of the other correspondents prominently represented in the collection include: E. J. Akutowicz, John S. Barlow, Gregory Bateson, Julian Bigelow, L. Boelter, Harald Bohr, Max Born, Mary Agnes Brazier, Jacob Bronowski, Martin Buerger, John Burchard, Vannevar Bush, Eduardo Caianiello, Mary Cartwright, Yuen Ren Chao, K. T. Compton, Groff Conklin, Giorgio De Santillana, Karl Deutsch, Joseph Doob, Albert Einstein, T. S. Eliot, Jason Epstein, Maurice Frechet, Iago Galdston, John Gurland, Jacques Hadamard, J. B. S. Haldane, G. H. Hardy, George Russell Harrison, Piet Hein, A. E. Heins, Carl Heyel, Hudson Hoagland, Temple Rice Hollcroft, Shikao Ikehara, Mark Kac, Horace M. Kallen, James Killian, Henry Kissinger, J. R. Kline, Alfred Korzybski, D. D. Kosambi, Y. W. Lee, S. Lefschetz, Jerome Lettvin, Norman Levinson, Paul Levy, Leon Lichtenstein, Sebastian Littauser, P. C. Mahalanobis, Szolem Mandelbrojt, William Ted Martin, Pesi Masani, Margaret Mead, Henry A. Moe, Robert S. Morison, Barnard Muscio, Jerzy Neyman, Raymond Oaley, V. L. Parsegian, Linus Pauling, Andrew Pikler, Gordon Raisbeck, Alex Rathe, Walter Reuther, Roland Richardson, Walter Rosenblith, Jerome Rothstein, J. P. Schade, Theodore Shedlovsky, Armand Siegel, Marshall Stone, Julius Stratton, Dirk Struik, J. D. Tamarkin, Robert Vallee, Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, Oswald Veblen, William Walter, Warren Weaver, Leo Wiener, Aurel Wintner, Antoni Zygmund.
    Access Restrictions: 
    There are restrictions on access to portions of this collection. Researchers may request permission to use restricted materials. Consult the Institute Archivist for further information. Retrieval requires advance notice.
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    Finding aid available at repository. also available in the AIP Niels Bohr Library.
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    Mathematicians. -- Archives.
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