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050 00 QA29.V66|bB43 2022 
082 00 510.92|aB|223/eng/20211201 
100 1  Bhattacharya, Ananyo,|eauthor. 
245 14 The man from the future :|bthe visionary life of John von 
       Neumann /|cAnanyo Bhattacharya. 
250    First American edition. 
263    2202 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c2022. 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    xiv, 353 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes select bibliography (pages 285-288), 
       bibliographical notes (pages 289-327), references, and 
       index. 
505 0  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? 
520    "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"
       --|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Von Neumann, John,|d1903-1957. 
600 17 Von Neumann, John,|d1903-1957.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00006915 
650  0 Mathematicians|zHungary|vBiography. 
650  0 Mathematicians|zUnited States|vBiography. 
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