The maniac /
Labatut, Benjamín, 1980-
The maniac / Benjamín Labatut. - 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"A story centered around one of the great geniuses of the modern age, the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the uncanny circuit of his mind deep into our own time's most haunting dilemmas. A prodigy whose gifts terrified the people around him, John von Neumann transformed every field he touched, inventing game theory and the first programable computer, and pioneering AI, digital life, and cellular automata. Through a chorus of family members, friends, colleagues, and rivals, Labatut shows us the evolution of a mind unmatched and of a body of work that has unmoored the world in its wake."--
9780593654477 0593654471
2023001881
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 --Fiction.
Mathematicians--Fiction.
Artificial intelligence--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
The maniac / Benjamín Labatut. - 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"A story centered around one of the great geniuses of the modern age, the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the uncanny circuit of his mind deep into our own time's most haunting dilemmas. A prodigy whose gifts terrified the people around him, John von Neumann transformed every field he touched, inventing game theory and the first programable computer, and pioneering AI, digital life, and cellular automata. Through a chorus of family members, friends, colleagues, and rivals, Labatut shows us the evolution of a mind unmatched and of a body of work that has unmoored the world in its wake."--
9780593654477 0593654471
2023001881
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 --Fiction.
Mathematicians--Fiction.
Artificial intelligence--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.