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100	1		_aBhattacharya, Ananyo. _930797
245	1	4	_aMan from the future : _bthe visionary life of John von Neumann _cAnanyo Bhattacharya.
260			_aLondon: _bPenguin Random House, _c2021.
300			_axiv, 353 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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?
520			_a"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 century, von Neumann is one of the most influential scientists to have ever lived. A child prodigy, he mastered calculus by the age of eight, and in high school made lasting contributions to mathematics. In Germany, where he helped lay the foundations of quantum mechanics, and later at Princeton, von Neumann's colleagues believed he had the fastest brain on the planet-bar none. He was instrumental in the Manhattan Project and the design of the atom bomb; he helped formulate the bedrock of Cold War geopolitics and modern economic theory; he created the first ever programmable digital computer; he prophesized the potential of nanotechnology; and, from his deathbed, he expounded on the limits of brains and computers-and how they might be overcome. Taking us on an astonishing journey, Ananyo Bhattacharya explores how a combination of genius and unique historical circumstance allowed a single man to sweep through a stunningly diverse array of fields, sparking revolutions wherever he went. The Man from the Future is an insightful and thrilling intellectual biography of the visionary thinker who shaped our century"--
600	1	0	_aVon Neumann, John. _930798
650		0	_aMathematicians _zHungary _vBiography. _930799
650		0	_aMathematicians _zUnited States _vBiography. _930800
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