Acclaimed one of the &quot;seminal books . . . comparable in ultimate importance to . . . Galileo or Malthus or Rousseau or Mill&quot;, <i>Cybernetics</i> was judged by twenty-seven historians, economists, educators, and philosophers to be one of those books published during the &quot;past four decades,&quot; which may have a substantial impact on public thought and action in the years ahead.&quot;&mdash;<i>Saturday Review</i>