THE MAN FROM THE FUTURE

The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Self-replicating moo n bases and nuclear weapons. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: John von Neumann.Born in Budapest at the turn of the c entury, von Neumann is one of the most influential scientists to have ever lived. His colleagues believed he had the fastest brain o n the planet - bar none. He was instrumental in the Manhattan Project and helped formulate the bedrock of Cold War geopolitics and m odern ec...[Llegir més]