In this book a number of ideas and results related to the ?eld of cybern- ical physics - the scienti?c area aimed at the study of physical systems by cybernetical means - are presented. Although some publications in physical journals related to control problems appeared long ago, formation of a se- rateself-sustainedareastartedaslateasinthe1990sduetotheexplosion-like developmentofresearchincontrolofchaos, quantumcontrol, andotherareas. The number of publications has reached several thousands by the end of the century and it continues to grow very rapidly. This book is, perhaps, the ?rst...

In this book a number of ideas and results related to the ?eld of cybern- ical physics - the scienti?c area aimed at the study of physical systems by cybernetical means - are presented. Although some publications in physical journals related to control problems appeared long ago, formation of a se- rateself-sustainedareastartedaslateasinthe1990sduetotheexplosion-like developmentofresearchincontrolofchaos, quantumcontrol, andotherareas. The number of publications has reached several thousands by the end of the century and it continues to grow very rapidly. This book is, perhaps, the ?rst...