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MODULE 4
Norbert Wiener
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Comprehension check
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Read the text and fill in the QUICK FACTS chart
Full name
Date of birth
(dd/mm/yyyy)
Father’s name
Mother’s name
Nationality
Early education
Later education 1
(University and degrees)
Later education 2
(University and degrees)
Occupation
Contribution to science
Date of death
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Mark the following statements as
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Norbert Wiener read a lot and was successfully taught by his father until he went to school.
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False
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Norbert Wiener studied zoology, philosophy and mathematics at Harvard.
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False
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During the World War I Norbert Wiener served in the US Army.
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After the World War I Norbert Wiener was unable to secure a position at Harvard.
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In the mid 1920s Wiener received Guggenheim Fellowships and moved to work in European Universities.
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He believed that cybernetics and automation can improve the standard of living and economic development.
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False
7)
Wiener supported science in Soviet Union that’s why was under suspicion during the Cold War.
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False
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Write no more than THREE WORDS and/or a number for each question.
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Who had a great influence on Wiener in his childhood?
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What was he called in childhood?
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How old was Wiener when he entered Tufts College?
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What fields of science did he work in?
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What was his greatest achievement in science?
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What kind of person was he?
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What issues did Norbert Wiener worry about?
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What award did Wiener get?
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What did he die of?
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Put the following events in the correct order and match them to the dates from the text.
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World War I
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World War II
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ultimately formulated cybernetics
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graduated school and applied to Tafts College
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refused to participate in the Manhattan Project
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married a German immigrant, Margaret Engemann
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recommended scientists to think of the ethical implications of their research
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died in Sweden
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worked on ballistics at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland with Oswald Veblen
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advised Indian government
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Contents
Norbert Wiener
Reading
Pronunciation
Comprehension check
Word formation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Lexis in Context
Summary
Progress test
