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Brilliant polymath, troubled person: how John von Neumann shaped our world

18 Dec 2021
Taken from the December 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "Brilliant polymath, troubled person". Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app.

Andrew Robinson reviews The Man from the Future: the Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya

John von Neumann receiving the Medal of Freedom from President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956
Visionary thinker John von Neumann (right) received the Medal of Freedom from President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. (Courtesy: Byron Rollins/​AP/​Shutterstock)
Few mathematicians during the last century – perhaps only Bertrand Russell and Alan Turing – wer

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