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Extraction Summary
4
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Book page / academic manuscript (evidence in congressional oversight)
File Size:
2.38 MB
Summary
This document is page 110 of a text (likely a history of science book or manuscript) detailing the intellectual history of cybernetics and information theory. It focuses on Norbert Wiener's concerns about military secrecy during the Cold War/McCarthy era and his adoption of Claude Shannon's entropy-based definition of 'information.' The page bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016913' stamp, indicating it was part of a document dump for a Congressional investigation, though the text itself is purely academic/historical in nature.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Norbert Wiener | Scientist / Author |
Discussed regarding his views on technology, secrecy, and his book 'Human Use'.
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| Joseph McCarthy | Senator (US) |
Mentioned by Wiener as driving excessive classification of military information.
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| Claude Shannon | Mathematician and Engineer |
Employee at Bell Labs; developed information theory ideas borrowed by Wiener.
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| Warren Weaver | Mathematician |
Explained Shannon's formulation of information theory to a broader readership.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| The Atlantic Monthly | ||
| Manhattan Project | ||
| Bell Labs | ||
| Bell System Technical Journal | ||
| University of Illinois Press | ||
| House Oversight Committee |
Timeline (2 events)
1949
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Urbana, IL
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Relationships (2)
Wiener borrowed Shannon’s fresh ideas about information theory.
Weaver explained Shannon's formulation; they co-authored 'The Mathematical Theory of Communication'.
Key Quotes (4)
"There is no Maginot Line of the brain."Source
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"Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions."Source
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"information...is used in a special sense that must not be confused with its ordinary usage. In particular, information must not be confused with meaning."Source
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"this word ‘information’ in communication theory relates not so much to what you do say, as to what you could say."Source
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