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I Am a Mathematician. The Later Life of a Prodigy. An Autobiographical Account of the Mature Years and Career of Norbert Wiener and a Continuation of the Account of His Childhood in Ex-Prodigy by Wiener, Norbert - 1956

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I Am a Mathematician. The Later Life of a Prodigy. An Autobiographical Account of the Mature Years and Career of Norbert Wiener and a Continuation of the Account of His Childhood in Ex-Prodigy

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Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M. I. T. Press. 380 pp. . Very Good. Brown & White Covers. First MIT Press Paperback Ediition. 1956.
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  • Publisher The M. I. T. Press
  • Place of Publication Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Date Published 1956
  • Keywords Biography; Mathematics
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I am a mathematician,: The later life of a prodigy; an autobiographical account of the mature years and career of Norbert Wiener and a continuation of the account of his childhood in Ex-prodigy

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M.I.T. Press, 1966. Second printing; cover lightly rubbed/bumped/sunned/foxed, very lightly creased at spine junctures, otherwise intact; edges lightly bumped/sunned/soiled; previous owner's bookplate at ffep, binding glue visible at inside rear cover, previous owner's stamp at half-Title page/list of previous works/p. 49, faint pencil erasures at Title page, text block very faintly age-toned; binding tight; interior intact and very clean, except where noted.. paperback. Good.
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Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1956. 380 pages. "In have just finished dictating the last work of this book. It represents that part of my autobiography whch dates roughly from my arrival at M.I.T. in 1919, when I was 24 years old. The earlier part of my autobiography, under the title Ex-prodigy, concerned my childhood and adolescence, while the presnt book is occupied with my mature personal and scientific career." GOOD HARDCOVER, red cloth covers, covers in good condition, internally, a clean tight copy.. First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket Present.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Cambridge: The MIT Press. 5th printing (December 1981). 380pp. VG+ copy but for gift inscription on verso front cover . Very Good. Soft cover. 1981.
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I Am a Mathematician: The Later Life of a Prodigy--An Autobiographical Account of the Mature Years and Career of Norbert Wiener, Professor of Mathematics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Continuation of the Account of His Childhood in Ex-Prodigy

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Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2018. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 511 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Note: Remainder mark bottom fore-edge.
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M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA, 1966; First M.I.T. paperback edition, second printing; 8vo, 380 pages. Autobiography of world renowned mathematician Norbert Wiener, a follow-up to his first autobiography entitled "Ex-Prodigy, My Childhood And Youth." It was Wiener who, among other things, coined the use of the word "cybernetics." Very Good, with a short soft crease at the upper right corner of the front cover and the first three leaves of text. Clean and bright, with no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.
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