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John von Neumann
The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More
NORMAN MACRAE
I always thought [von Neumann 's] brain indicated that he beloriged to a new species, an evolution beyond man. Macrae shows us in a lively way how this brain was nurtured and then left its great imprint on the world.
—Hans A. Bethe, Cornell University
The book makes for utterly captivating reading. Von Neumann was, of course, one of this century 's geniuses, and it is surprising that we have had to wait so long for a fully fleshed and sympathetic biography of the man. But now, happily, we have one.
Macrae nicely delineates the cultural, familial, and educational environment from which von Neumann sprang and sketches the mathematical and scientific environment in which he flourished. It's no small task to render a genius like von Neumann in ordinary language, yet Macrae manages the trick, providing more than a glimpse of what von Neumann...
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Fülszöveg
John von Neumann
The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More
NORMAN MACRAE
I always thought [von Neumann 's] brain indicated that he beloriged to a new species, an evolution beyond man. Macrae shows us in a lively way how this brain was nurtured and then left its great imprint on the world.
—Hans A. Bethe, Cornell University
The book makes for utterly captivating reading. Von Neumann was, of course, one of this century 's geniuses, and it is surprising that we have had to wait so long for a fully fleshed and sympathetic biography of the man. But now, happily, we have one.
Macrae nicely delineates the cultural, familial, and educational environment from which von Neumann sprang and sketches the mathematical and scientific environment in which he flourished. It's no small task to render a genius like von Neumann in ordinary language, yet Macrae manages the trick, providing more than a glimpse of what von Neumann accomplished intellectually without expecting the reader to have a Ph.D. in mathematics. Beyond that, he captures von Neumann 's qualities of temperament, mind, and personality, including his effortless wit and humor. And [Macrae] frames and accounts for von Neumann 's politics in ways that even critics ofthem, among whom I include myself, will find provocative and illuminating.
—Dániel J. Kevles, California Institute of Technology
A lively portrait of the hugely consequential mathematician-physicist-et al., whose genius has left an enduring impress on our thought, technology, society, and culture. A double salute to Steve White, who started this grand book designed for us avid, nonmathematical readers, and to Norman Macrae, who brought it to a triumphant conclusion.
—Róbert K. Merton, Columbia University
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