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John von Neumann : the scientific genius who pioneered the modern computer, game theory, nuclear deterrence, and much more / Norman Macrae.

By: Macrae, Norman, 1923-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, 1999Description: x, 405 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0821820648 .Subject(s): Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 | Mathematicians -- United StatesDDC classification: 510.92
Contents:
Introduction -- The cheapest way to make the world richer -- A silver spoon in Budapest. 1903-1914 -- At the Lutheran gymnasium, 1914-1921 -- An undergraduate with lions claws, 1921-1926 -- Rigor becomes more relaxed, 500 B.C.-A.D. 1931 -- The quantum leap, 1926-1932 -- Sturm and Drang, marriage, emigration, 1927-1931 -- Depression at Princeton, 1931-1937 -- The calculating exploder, 1937-1943 -- Los Alamos to Trinity, 1943-1945 -- In the domain of economics -- The computers at Philadelphia, 1944-1946 -- The computers from Princeton, 1946-1952 -- And then the h-bomb -- With astonishing influence, 1950-1956.

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Born in Budapest in 1903, John von Neumann grew up in one of the most extraordinary of scientific communities. From his arrival in America in the mid-1930s - with bases in Boston, Princeton, Washington and Los Alamos - von Neumann pioneered and participated in the major scientific and political dramas of the next three decades, leaving his mark on more fields of scientific endeavour than any other scientist.

Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1992.

Bibliography: (pages 391-394) and index.

Introduction -- The cheapest way to make the world richer -- A silver spoon in Budapest. 1903-1914 -- At the Lutheran gymnasium, 1914-1921 -- An undergraduate with lions claws, 1921-1926 -- Rigor becomes more relaxed, 500 B.C.-A.D. 1931 -- The quantum leap, 1926-1932 -- Sturm and Drang, marriage, emigration, 1927-1931 -- Depression at Princeton, 1931-1937 -- The calculating exploder, 1937-1943 -- Los Alamos to Trinity, 1943-1945 -- In the domain of economics -- The computers at Philadelphia, 1944-1946 -- The computers from Princeton, 1946-1952 -- And then the h-bomb -- With astonishing influence, 1950-1956.