Several have asked be about biographies of Von Neumann so I thought I'd send
this to the list. I've read two, "John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener"
by Steve J Heims, and "John von Neumann" by Norman Macrae. The Heims book
goes into a little more detail about his work and also talks about Wiener,
another very interesting man, but I think the Macrae book is better written.
To give you an idea of the of the very high regard Von Neumann (everybody
called him "Johnny") is still held in, I find this blurb by Nobel Prize
winner Hans Bethe on the dust jacket of Macrae's book:
"I always thought Johnny's brain indicated that he belonged to a new species,
an Evolution beyond man. Macrae shows us in a lively way how this brain was
nurtured and then left its great imprint on the world."
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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