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The man from the future the visionary life of John von Neumann
"The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Nuclear weapons and self-replicating spacecrafts. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable, yet largely overlooked, man: John von Neumann. Born in Budapest at the turn of the cent...
| Main Author: | Bhattacharya, Ananyo (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
2022.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Who was John von Neumann?
- Made in Budapest
- To infinity and beyond
- The quantum evangelist
- Project Y and the super
- The convoluted birth of the modern computer
- A theory of games
- The think tank by the sea
- The rise of the replicators
- Epilogue: The man from which future?