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Synopsis
Johnny von Neumann was an enigma. As a young man, he stunned those around him with his monomaniacal pursuit of the unshakeable foundations of mathematics. But when his faith in this all-encompassing system crumbled, he began to put his prodigious intellect to use for those in power. As he designed unfathomable computer systems and aided the development of the atomic bomb, his work pushed increasingly into areas that were beyond human comprehension and control - and that threatened human destruction.
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À propos de l'auteur
Benjamín Labatut was born in Rotterdam in 1980 and grew up in The Hague, Buenos Aires and Lima. When We Cease to Understand the World, his first book to be translated into English, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Labatut lives with his family in Santiago, Chile.
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Johnny von Neumann was an enigma. As a young man, he stunned those around him with his monomaniacal pursuit of the unshakeable foundations of mathematics. But when his faith in this all-encompassing system crumbled, he began to put his prodigious intellect to use for those in power. As he designed unfathomable computer systems and aided the development of the atomic bomb, his work pushed increasingly into areas that were beyond human comprehension and control - and that threatened human destruction.
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The MANIAC
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Pushkin Press, 2023
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Softcover. Etat : As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. From one of contemporary literature's most exciting new voices comes a haunting story centered on the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, exploring the profound impact of his legacy on the dreams and nightmares of the twentieth century and the emerging age of AI. Benjamin Labatut's electrifying narrative captivates readers, following the lives of mathematicians and physicists who ventured into strange, often perilous realms of science. In this ambitious work, Labatut presents von Neumann, a prodigious talent whose brilliance instilled both awe and fear, as he revolutionized various fields--inventing game theory, the first programmable computer, and pioneering AI and digital life. Through a chorus of voices--family, friends, colleagues, and rivals--Labatut illustrates the evolution of von Neumann's unmatched intellect and the far-reaching consequences of his work. The narrative unfolds as a literary triptych, beginning with Paul Ehrenfest, an Austrian physicist and friend of Einstein, who succumbed to despair over the tyrannical forces of science and technology. It culminates a century later in the historic match between South Korean Go Master Lee Sedol and the AI program AlphaGo, embodying the essence of von Neumann's unfinished project: creating a self-reproducing machine capable of evolving beyond human understanding. This work confronts us with the deepest questions we face as a species, blending beauty with a powerful momen. N° de réf. du vendeur df41b69b-a70a-40c0-9839-cd3115079783
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