In this episode, we delve into the extraordinary life of Norbert Wiener, the founding father of cybernetics - the science “control and communication in the animal and the machine”. Outline 00:00 - Intro 02:06 - The early years of Norbert 09:00 - Europe and WWI 15:50 - MIT days 19:30 - Norbert’s marriage 22:39 - Generalised harmonic analysis 28:18 - The interactions with Hopf and Paley 31:14 - Bush and the analog computer program 35:55 - WWII, Bigelow and prediction theory 40:41 - Rosenbleuth and teleological machines 47:56 - Mexico and Norbert’s biological investigations 51:25 - Cybernetics 1:00:16 - The human behind Norbert Wiener 1:01:53 - Outro   Episode links Things named after Wiener: https://tinyurl.com/mt37xn93 Autobiography: https://tinyurl.com/2umws9nd Biography: https://tinyurl.com/nhawc9az Wiener filter: https://tinyurl.com/n9u5ukxe Paley-Wiener theorem: https://tinyurl.com/mr3z3f89 Wiener-Kinchin theorem: https://tinyurl.com/3mxm54ac Vannevar Bush: https://tinyurl.com/y6s7kz6t Julian Bigelow: https://tinyurl.com/28m4a6as Behavior, Purpose and Teleology: https://tinyurl.com/3ut2afjz Arturo Rosenblueth: https://tinyurl.com/57wp67vh Cybernetics:  https://tinyurl.com/5e3tnn6e Out of control:  https://tinyurl.com/3rnhn3xh A scientist rebels: https://tinyurl.com/5f2d3urc Moral and technical consequences of automation: https://tinyurl.com/72tvzuxy Podcast info Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/incontrol/id1624068002 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvt77XNtHxyrFqM8YTwf RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1632769.rss Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl83hwBSVRLYj2NWS08P9bg/featured Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InControl-podcast-114303337936834 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/incontrol_podcast/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/incontrolpodcast/ Acknowledgments and sponsors This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to A. Bastani, B. Sawicki, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, as well as the ETH and mirrorlake studios.    Music was composed by A New Element. Support the show