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The Legend of von Neumann (1973) [pdf]

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  1. alkyon · · focus · HN ↗
    Recently I enjoyed very much The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut:

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    1. joenot443 · · focus · HN ↗
      I enjoyed this one a lot.

      For those who&#x27;ve read other books on von Neumann, do you think The MANIAC is a reasonable summary?

      1. MattGrommes · · focus · HN ↗
        It&#x27;s less of a strict biography and more of a fictionalized story involving Von Neumann and his wife. As far as I can recall from my reading it was pretty historically accurate though.
        1. lhd1 · · focus · HN ↗
          there are so many extraordinary things about von Neumann that there seems little need to write a fictionalized account of his life. How is the reader to know what is real and what is fiction?
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