The Man from the Future. The Life of John von Neumann, Who Created Our World

Born in Hungary at the dawn of the twentieth century, physicist and mathematician John von Neumann lived just over fifty years, yet his contributions to science are impossible to overestimate. Von Neumann played a crucial role in the development of... the atomic bomb, devised many principles of modern computer architecture, laid the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics, and defined the essence of game theory. In his truly captivating book, Ananyo Bhattacharya, a doctor of biophysical sciences and a regular contributor to Nature and Economist publications, paints a portrait of a thinker and visionary whose ideas were so ahead of their time that they are only truly understood now. Describing von Neumann's life story and exploring the evolution of his scientific views, Bhattacharya shows how the combination of genius and uniquely favorable circumstances helped one man encompass so many diverse fields of science and shape the face of the modern world.