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Loading... John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Deathby Steve Joshua Heims
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. As per the author's description, this is not a history, nor is it strictly a biography, it is rather a book-length essay on the role of science and technology and their practitioners in a post-Hiroshima world. The lives and careers of von Neumann and Wiener are contrasted as part of Heims' argument, which boils down to a post-modern holism rejecting the exceptionalism of science. The discussion on game theoretic approaches to nuclear deterrence made me think of the current debate about bias in machine learning and data science. ( ) no reviews | add a review
. John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener were mathematician-scientists, both child prodigies born near the turn of the century. As young men each made profound contributions to abstract mathematics. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)510.92Natural sciences and mathematics Mathematics General Mathematics Biography And History BiographyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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