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In the years just before, during and after the second world war, emerging tendencies in scientific thought coalesced into a new field which [[Norbert Wiener]] called [[Cybernetics]]. This discipline formed at the crossroads of computer science, electrical engineering, biology and social science. Cybernetics exercised a major influence on the development of theories about society, information, the environment and the use of computers.

Figures who contributed to [[Cybernetics]] include:

*[[Gregory Bateson]], anthropologist
*[[Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy]], biologist
*[[Julian Bigelow]], electro technician
*[[Vannevar Bush]]
*[[Heinz von Foerster]], biophysicist
*[[Warren McCulloch]], psychiatrist
*[[Margaret Mead]], anthropologist
*[[John von Neumann]], mathematician
*[[Walter Pitts]], mathematician
*[[Arturo Rosenblueth]], physiologist
*[[Claude Shannon]], electrical engineer
*[[Norbert Wiener]], mathematician

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−	In the years just before, during and after the second world war, emerging tendencies in scientific thought coalesced into a new field which [[Norbert Wiener]] called [[~~cybernetics~~]]. This discipline formed at the crossroads of computer science, electrical engineering, biology and social science.	+	In the years just before, during and after the second world war, emerging tendencies in scientific thought coalesced into a new field which [[Norbert Wiener]] called [[Cybernetics]]. This discipline formed at the crossroads of computer science, electrical engineering, biology and social science.

	Cybernetics played a key role in the development of modern theories about life, society, information, and the use of computers. It was notably a major influence on [[Stewart Brand]] and the [[Whole Earth]] movement.		Cybernetics played a key role in the development of modern theories about life, society, information, and the use of computers. It was notably a major influence on [[Stewart Brand]] and the [[Whole Earth]] movement.

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 ==Post-war cyberneticians==
-Figures who made contributions to [[cybernetics]] in this period include:
+Figures who made important contributions to [[cybernetics]] in this period include:
 *[[Gregory Bateson]], anthropologist
 *[[Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy]], biologist

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 In the years just before, during and after the second world war, emerging tendencies in scientific thought coalesced into a new field which [[Norbert Wiener]] called [[cybernetics]]. This discipline formed at the crossroads of computer science, electrical engineering, biology and social science.
-Cybernetics exercised a major influence on the development of theories about society, information, the environment and the use of computers.
+Cybernetics played a key role in the development of modern theories about life, society, information, and the use of computers. It was notably a major influence on [[Stewart Brand]] and the [[Whole Earth]] movement.
-==Early contributors==
+==Post-war cyberneticians==
-Figures who made early contributed to [[cybernetics]] include:
+Figures who made contributions to [[cybernetics]] in this period include:
 *[[Gregory Bateson]], anthropologist
 *[[Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy]], biologist

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 *[[Gregory Bateson]], anthropologist
 *[[Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy]], biologist
-*[[Julian Bigelow]], electro technician
+*[[Julian Bigelow]], electrical engineer
 *[[Vannevar Bush]], electrical engineer
 *[[Heinz von Foerster]], biophysicist