norbert

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Definition of norbert in English English dictionary

A male given name

{i} male first name

brought to England by Normans and revived in the 19th century, but rare today

Related Terms

Norbert Wiener

born Nov. 26, 1894, Columbia, Mo., U.S. died March 18, 1964, Stockholm, Swed. U.S. mathematician. He earned a Ph.D. from Harvard at

Norbert Wiener

He joined the faculty of MIT in 1919. His work on generalized harmonic analysis and Tauberian theorems (which deduce the convergence of an infinite series) won the American Mathematical Society's Bôcher Prize in 1933. The origin of cybernetics as an independent science is generally dated from the 1948 publication of his Cybernetics. He made contributions to such areas as stochastic processes, quantum theory, and, during World War II, gunfire control. Crater Wiener on the Moon is named for him

Norbert Wiener

{i} (1894-1964) American mathematician who founded the science of cybernetics

Hyphenation

Nor·bert

Turkish pronunciation

nôrbırt

Pronunciation

/ˈnôrbərt/ /ˈnɔːrbɜrt/

Etymology

() From Old High German nord (“north”) + beraht (“bright”).