# Otto Mayr **Domain:** History of Technology / Control Engineering **Doc Type:** Person Node **Maturity:** Developing **Related:** [[Governor (Control Device)]], [[Kybernetik]], [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] --- ## Definition Historian of technology known for research on the early history and political metaphors of automatic control. ## Kybernetiks Context Mayr helps locate mechanical regulation and governmental language within a longer prehistory of cybernetics. ## Backlinks [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] · [[articles/Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks|Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]