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Synopsis
A double biography compares the lives and careers of two innovative mathematicians and assesses their respective contributions in the areas of quantum mechanics and cybernetics
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About the Author
Steve J. Heims, once a research physicist, has devoted his attention to the history of twentieth century science for the past two decades.
Review
"The stuff of Heims' study—a pair of child prodigies, mathematical geniuses, eccentrics, Jews, academic heavyweights, cultural powers—is almost too good to be true. Wiener and von Neumann were legends in their lifetimes, men whose paths often crossed and whose mutual affection and respect persisted, even when political views separated them in later years...provocative and fascinating."
—Kirkus Reviews
"A joint biography of two of the intellectual giants of the 20th century.... Heims captures the tension of the Manhattan Project...and continues with the story of the nuclear weapons race of the early 1950s, which he views as inhuman. He also seeks to define the social function of scientists."
—Library Journal
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John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener From mathematics to the technologies of life and death
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JOHN VON NEUMANN AND NORBERT WIENER, FROM MATHEMATICS TO TECHNOLOGIES OF LIFE AND DEATH
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