维纳(1894—1964)是控制论的主要奠基人。他出生在美国密苏里州哥伦比亚一个犹太人家庭。父亲列夫·维纳是哈佛大学斯拉夫语系教授,教子有方,十分重视儿子幼年的教育。维纳从小就显示出卓越的才能,被誉为“神童”。但是父亲并未因此放松对儿子的严格管教。十四岁这一年,维纳毕业于塔夫茨学院,获得学士学位。后来,维纳进入哈佛大学继续学习,并在十八岁上得到 Wiener (1894-1964) is the chief founder of cybernetics. He was born in a Jewish family in Columbia, Missouri. Father Lev Wina is a professor at the Slavic language at Harvard University, teaching children well, attaches great importance to his son’s childhood education. Wiener has shown outstanding talent since childhood, known as “prodigy.” But his father did not relax the strict discipline of his son. At the age of fourteen, Wiener graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Tufts. Later, Wiener entered Harvard University to continue studying, and at the age of eighteen