The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John Von Neumann

by Ananyo Bhattacharya

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324050500
• ISBN13: 9781324050506
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.6" x 7.9"