Intro02:06 - The early years of Norbert09:00 - Europe and WWI15:50 - MIT days19:30 - Norbert’s marriage22:39 - Generalised harmonic analysis28:18 - The interactions with Hopf and Paley31:14 - Bush and the analog computer program35:55 - WWII, Bigelow and prediction theory40:41 - Rosenbleuth and teleological machines47:56 - Mexico and Norbert’s biological investigations51:25 - Cybernetics1:00:16 - The human behind Norbert Wiener1:01:53 - Outro Episode linksThings named after Wiener: https://tinyurl.com/mt37xn93 Autobiography: https://tinyurl.com/2umws9nd Biography: https://tinyurl.com/nhawc9azWiener filter: https://tinyurl.com/n9u5ukxePaley-Wiener theorem: https://tinyurl.com/mr3z3f89Wiener-Kinchin theorem: https://tinyurl.com/3mxm54ac Vannevar Bush: https://tinyurl.com/y6s7kz6tJulian Bigelow: https://tinyurl.com/28m4a6asBehavior, Purpose and Teleology: https://tinyurl.com/3ut2afjzArturo Rosenblueth: https://tinyurl.com/57wp67vh Cybernetics:  https://tinyurl.com/5e3tnn6eOut of control:  https://tinyurl.com/3rnhn3xhA scientist rebels: https://tinyurl.com/5f2d3urcMoral and technical consequences of automation: https://tinyurl.com/72tvzuxySupport the showPodcast infoPodcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85jSpotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3cRSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4yYoutube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolPInstagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4Acknowledgments and sponsorsThis 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 L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.