Norbert Wiener papers

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (b. May 27, 1923, Furth, Bavaria, Germany - November 29, 2023, Kent, Connecticut) served as Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 under both President Nixon and President Carter. He also served as National Security Advisor from 1968 to 1975 under President Nixon. He was the first person to hold both positions as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor at the same time. He was born as Heinz Alfred Kissinger but changed his name to Henry after immigrating to the U.S....

United States. Veterans Administration

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Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954

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Physicist. From the description of K.T. Compton speeches, 1939-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83457426 Karl Taylor Compton (b. Sept. 14, 1887, Wooster, Ohio-d. June 22, 1954, New York City), prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1930 to 1948. From the description of Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570905 ...

Bateson, Gregory, 1904-1980

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Eminent social scientist and philosopher. From the description of Gregory Bateson papers, 1925-1985. (University of California, Santa Cruz). WorldCat record id: 18220165 Biographical Chronology May 9, 1904 Born in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England. Third son of William Bateson (b. Aug. 8, 1861) and Caroline Beatrice Durham Bateson (b. 1870?). Brothers, John Bateson ...

Akutowicz, E.J.

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Akutowicz earned his Harvard AM in 1946 and his PhD in 1947. From the description of Quadratic residues / Edwin J. Akutowicz. December 26, 1946. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512636 ...

Bigelow, Julian Himely

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Hadamard, Jacques, 1865-1963

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Doob, Joseph L.

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Epstein, Jason.

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Institute of Radio Engineers.

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Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-

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Scientist, college administrator. From the description of Reminiscences of James Rhyne Killian, Jr. : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565732 October 24, 1957 First Award: Niels Henrik David Bohr January 29, 1959 Second Award: George Charles de Hevesy ...

Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957

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John (Johann) Louis von Neumann (1903-1957) was born in Budapest and showed early signs of being a child prodigy. He entered the University of Budapest in 1921, but also attended the University of Berlin and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology before obtaining a degree in chemical engineering in 1925. He earned his Doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Budapest in 1927. After graduation, he worked at the University of Berlin before becoming a visiting professor to Princeton from ...

Lettvin, Jerome Ysrael

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M.I.T. Press.

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Martin, William Ted, 1911-2004

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Hein, Piet, 1905-1996

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Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964

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Professor of mathematics at MIT who pioneered in the development of automation. From the description of Norbert Wiener papers, 1949-1952. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321256 Norbert Wiener was a world renowned mathematician who was instrumental in the development of communication and control theories. He coined the word "cybernetics" to describe this new science. There are a number of autobiographical...

Fréchet, Maurice, 1878-

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Levinson, Norman, 1912-1975

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Hardy, G.H. (Godfrey Harold), 1877-1947

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Mathematician and Fellow of Royal Society. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305994 ...

Wiener, Leo, 1862-1939

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Wiener taught Slavic languages and literature at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Leo Wiener, ca. 1880-1935 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972927 ...

Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

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George Washington Corner worked as a medical historian in addition to anatomist and endocrinologist. From the guide to the Great Leaders in American Medicine; Dr. George Washington Corner, 1974., 1974, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Lee, Yuk Wing, 1904-...

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Shedlovsky, Theodore, 1898-

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Ikehara, Shikao, 1904-1984

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Neyman, Jerzy, 1894-1981

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UCB Professor of mathmatics. From the description of Jerzy Neyman papers. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 743388753 ...

Morison, Robert S., 1906-1986

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Professor of biology, Cornell University. From the description of Robert S. Morison papers, [ca.1966]-1986. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073028 ...

Raisbeck, Gordon.

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Deutsch, Karl W. (Karl Wolfgang), 1912-1992

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Karl Wolfgang Deutsch (1912-1992) was a Harvard professor of government and a pioneer in applying mathematics and the techniques of cybernetics to the study of politics. He was born in Prague and graduated from the German University there in 1934. He received a law degree in 1938 from Charles University in Prague, where he was a leader of anti-Nazi students. In 1938 he came to the United States. He worked in the Office of Strategic Services during the Second World War. In 1951, he earned his PhD...

Kline, John Robert, 1891-

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Struik, Dirk J. (Dirk Jan), 1894-2000

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Physicist. From the description of Autobiography, chapter V:Leiden science, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80093408 Dirk Jan Struik, geboren in 1894, overleden in Belmont, Massachusetts in 2000, studeerde wis- en natuurkunde aan de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden; promoveerde in 1922 op een zuiver wiskundig onderwerp; als leerling van Paul Ehrenfest leerde hij Jan Burgers en Jan Tinbergen kennen, wilde evenals zij wiskunde en socialisme met elkaar verbinden en kwam ook in con...

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...

Pikler, Andrew G.

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Heyel, Carl, 1908-2000

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Barlow, John S., 1925-

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Kac, Mark

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Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994

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Hoagland, Hudson, 1899-1982

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McCulloch, Warren S. (Warren Sturgis), 1898-

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Warren Sturgis McCulloch was a neurologist and psychologist. From the description of Papers, ca. 1935-1968. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523433 A pioneer in cybernetics, neurology, and the development of the computer, Warren Sturgis McCulloch was born on November 16, 1898, in Orange, N.J. Beginning college at Haverford in 1916, McCulloch transferred to Yale in order to join the Officers' Training Program - an option not availa...

Richardson, R. G. D. (Roland George Dwight), 1878-1949

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Professor of Mathematics at Brown University. At different times vice-president and secretary of the American Mathematical Society. From the description of Lectures on the calculus of variations, 1923-1924. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122639545 ...

Conklin, Groff, 1904-1968

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Zygmund, Antoni, 1900-1992

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Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

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American anthropologist. From the description of Letter 1968 June 12. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38156541 Anthropologist. From the description of Collection re Margaret Mead, 1978-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131863 Anthropologist, author, and educator. From the description of Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996 (bulk 1911-1978). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068917 M...

Littauer, Sebastian B.

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Schadé, J. P.

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Walter, William Grey, 1910-

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

Mahalanobis, P. C. (Prasanta Chandra), 1893-1972

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Masani, Pesi Rustom.

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Masani earned his Harvard AM in 1942 and his PhD in 1946. From the description of The kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium / Pesi Masani. 1945. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228512594 ...

Lefschetz, Solomon, 1884-1972

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Rathe, Alex W.

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Parsegian, V. L. (Vazken L.)

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Hollcroft, Temple Rice, 1889-

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Bronowski, Jacob, 1908-1974

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Jacob Bronowski, a mathematician by training, was well known for his work in literature, intellectual history and the philosophy of science. At his death in 1974, Bronowski was Research Professor and Fellow of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, California and Director of the Council for Biology in Human Affairs there. At the Salk Institute, which he joined in 1964, Bronowski's field of research was 'human specificity', that is, the analysis of those functions which character...

Stone, Marshall H. (Marshall Harvey), 1903-1989

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Rosenblueth, Arturo, 1900-1970

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Chao, Yuen Ren, 1892-1982

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Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982) was associated with the University of California, Berkeley, from 1947 as a professor of Oriental Languages and Literature. From the description of Yuen Ren Chao papers, 1901-1982. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122569688 ...

Tamarkin, J. D. (Jacob David), b. 1888

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Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978

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In his nearly three decades of leadership of the natural sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation (RF), Warren Weaver contributed substantially to the mid-century revolution in biology and agricultural science. Over a lifetime dedicated to building bridges across the sciences, he also contributed significantly to mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, and scientific associations. Warren Weaver was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin in 1894. He received his B.A. and Ph.D., as well as a Ce...

HEINS, A. E.

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Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974

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Physicist, engineer, government official, and science administrator. From the description of Vannevar Bush papers, 1901-1974 (bulk 1932-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980014 Administrator, engineer. From the description of Reminiscences of Vannevar Bush : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569580 Biographical Note ...

Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Muscio, Bernard

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Born, Max, 1882-1970

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Physicist (solid state physics, quantum mechanics, lattice dynamics, wave functions, molecules). On the physics faculty at Universität Göttingen (1908-1914, 1921-1933); Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin (1914-1919); and University of Edinburgh (1936-1956). From the description of Lecture notebooks, 1905-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79287462 From the description of Papers, ca. 1945-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77749891 From the description of P...

Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974

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Jewish American philosopher and author; friend and pupil of William James. From the description of H.M. Kallen letter to [Harry?] Salpeter, 1918 November 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 76924359 From the description of H. M. Kallen letter to [Harry?] Salpeter [manuscript], 1918 November 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999274 Philosopher and educator. From the description of Autograph letters signed (13) and autograph ...

Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994

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Born in Portland, Oregon on 28 February 1901. Died on 19 August 1994. Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State College (1922), Ph.D., Physical Chemistry and Mathematical Physics, California Institute of Technology (1925). Employment: 1925-1926 National Research Council; 1926-1927 Universities of Münich, Zürich, and Copenhagen; 1922-1969 California Institute of Technology; 1969- Stanford University; 1973-1979 Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. From the descr...

de Santillana, Giorgio, 1902-

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Paley, Raymond E. A. C. (Raymond Edward Alan Christopher), 1907-1933

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Raymond Edward Alan Christopher Paley was born January 7, 1907, in Bournemouth, England. He was a mathematician affiliated with Trinity College, Cambridge. He died on April 7, 1933, in an avalanche while skiing....

Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975

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Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the investigation of disease. Cole's medical research centered on problems relating to immunity to diseases of the respiratory system, particularly pneumonia From the guide to the Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966, 1900-1966, (American Philosophical Society) George ...

Mandelbrojt, Szolem, 1899-

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Korzybski, Alfred, 1879-1950

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Korzybski was born in Poland and later emigrated to the United States. He was the founder of the theory of general semantics, the study of the relations between language, thought, and behavior. From the description of Essays, 1923 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612750797 Polish-American philosopher and scientist. Alfred Habdank Korzybski is widely known for his system of "general semantics." From the description of...

Gurland, John, 1917-....

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Sandoval Vallarta, Manuel, 1899-1977

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Rothstein, Jerome

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Siegel, Armand

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American mathematical society

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Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970

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Russell was an English logician and philosopher. Marsh edited Russell's Logic and knowledge: essays 1901-1950 and wrote about Russell. From the guide to the Letters to Robert C. (Robert Charles) Marsh, 1950-1959., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Russell, British philosopher and mathematician and the 3rd Earl Russell. From the description of [Letter, 19]44 Dec. 8, Trinity College, Cambridge [to] Dear Sir / Bertrand Russell. (Smith C...

Vallee, Robert

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Galdston, Iago, 1895-....

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Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960

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Mathematician. From the description of Oswald Veblen papers, 1881-1960 (bulk 1920-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062378 Biographical Note 1880, June 24 Born, Decorah, Iowa 1898 A.B., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1900 A.B...

Kosambi, D. D. (Damodar Dharmanand), 1907-1966

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Kosambi ws an Indian mathematician and physicist. From the description of Letters to Robert J. Conklin and Agnes E. Conklin, 1929-1950. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372649 Kosambi was an Indian mathematician and physicist. From the guide to the Letters to Robert J. Conklin and Agnes E. Conklin, 1929-1950., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Wintner, Aurel, 1903-1958

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Bohr, Harald August

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Cartwright, Mary

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Caianiello, Eduardo R., 1921-

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International Association for Cybernetics

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Lévy, Paul, 1886-

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Lichtenstein, Leon, 1878-

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Buerger, Martin Julian, 1903-

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Rosenblith, Walter A.

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