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=== Etymology === | === Etymology === | ||
The term "'''cybernetics'''" comes from the Greek word "'''kybernetes'''," which means "governor" or "helmsman," and was coined by mathematician [[Norbert Wiener]] in the late 1940s. The word '''organism''' comes from [[Royal Society]] - simply meaning meaning a self-organizing system. With cybernetics metaphors of organism come full circle in hypostasis as Cybernetics. “Self organizing systems,” they tell us, must be seen as “organisms” - a term originally meaning nothing but a self organizing | The term "'''cybernetics'''" comes from the Greek word "'''kybernetes'''," which means "governor" or "helmsman," and was coined by mathematician [[Norbert Wiener]] in the late 1940s. The word '''organism''' comes from [[Royal Society]] - simply meaning meaning a self-organizing system. With cybernetics metaphors of organism come full circle in hypostasis as Cybernetics. “Self organizing systems,” they tell us, must be seen as “organisms” - a term originally meaning nothing but a self organizing systems. | ||
=== Interdisciplinary === | === Interdisciplinary === |