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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 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.

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

[[Category:Post-War Cybernetics]]