Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Norbert Weiner

American Mathematician, Professor of Mathematics at MIT, Researcher in Stochastic and Noise Processes

"Where man's word goes, and where his power of perception goes, to that point his control and in a sense his physical existence is extended."

"Without the belief that Nature is subject to the laws, there can be no science"

"Within any world with which we can communicate, the direction of time is uniform."

"You're all so concerned with my identity - but you're just shooting the messenger. The message itself is what's important, and not who delivers it."