Ananyo Bhattacharya
Auteur van The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
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Not helped by the terrible audibook narrator in the version I had, this book spends a lot of time raving about how brilliant von Neumann was, but seems to show more than tell.
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.… (meer)
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The book is a summary biography and does not convey the details except in some particular moments in his works.