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Cargando... The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann (edición 2022)por Ananyo Bhattacharya (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. von Neumann would rank among the greatest polymaths in the history of science, with his fundamental contributions to many areas of maths, physics, and computer science. This well written biography focuses mainly on his intellectual life, surveying his diverse contributions. Enough background for each field is given to enable the reader to place von Neumann's contributions to that field in perspective. It's a little lighter on the personal aspects of his life and at times comes across as a little too hagiographical. It keeps a good pace mostly except for the last chapter, where the author seems to bend over backwards to stress the importance of von Neumann's contributions to cellular automata. Se state cercando una biografia di John von Neumann, non siete cascati sul libro giusto. Sì, qualcosa che riguarda la sua vita la si trova, ma non è certo questo il punto di vista che Bhattacharya intende portare avanti nel suo libro. Gli ampi capitoli, sui temi di ricerca che von Neumann ha lavorato nella sua relativamente breve vita - logica matematica, fisica quantistica, le bombe A e H, la creazione dei computer, la teoria dei giochi, gli automi cellulari - tendono a mostrare il suo lavoro seminale soprattutto vedendo come è stato portato avanti; lo si vede soprattutto quando si parla di automi cellulari, dove il contributo di von Neumann - checché ne dica Bhattacharya che è chiaramente un suo fan sfegatato - non è poi così importante. In definitiva, il libro è interessante, soprattutto per chi vuole farsi un'idea di tutti questi temi: basta sapere cosa aspettarsi! sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"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"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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