现代控制论的创始人、美国卓越的数学家诺伯特·维纳,曾在他自已口述的《昔日神童——我的童年和青年时代》一书中,把自己称为“昔日神童”,因为他3岁便能渎写,不到12岁就入大学,15岁就获到学士学位,不到19岁就成了博士。维纳大器早成,除了他本人智力超常,有永不满足的好奇心和求知欲外,他父母对他的悉心教育是起了很重要的作用的。维纳的母亲出生于美国南部一个名门之家,她身体健康、精力充沛、活泼愉快,很有教养。在维纳3岁半的时候,她就常常在家门口的花园里读英国小说家狄更斯的小说、史蒂文森的《金银岛》、《天方夜谭》、梅恩·里德的作品及吉卜林的《森林之书》等等给维纳听。她还常给维纳讲《利吉·狄吉·泰维》的故事。晚上,小维纳上了床,她就坐在床边轻声唱歌,哄维 Norbert Wiener, the founder of modern cybernetics and the eminent American mathematician, once described himself as a former prodigy in his self-proclaimed book The Past Prodigy - My Childhood and Youth. Because he was 3 years old will be able to dictation, less than 12 years old to enter university, 15 years old get a bachelor’s degree, became a doctor less than 19 years old. As early as Vientiane, except for his own extraordinary intelligence, curiosity and curiosity that are never satisfied, his parents played a very important role in his conscientious education. Wiener’s mother was born in a famous home in the southern United States, she was healthy, energetic, lively and happy, very educated. When Wiener was 3 and a half years old, she often read the novels of British novelist Dickens in the garden at the front of her house, Stevenson’s “Treasure Island”, “Night” and Mayn Reed’s works. Kipling’s “Forest of the book” and so on to Wiener to listen. She also often tells Winer the story of “Litchi Di Jivi”. In the evening, Vinyard went to bed, she sat softly singing bed to coax Victoria