[Pdf/ePub] The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann

by : Ananyo Bhattacharya

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Book Synopsis : 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