Ananyo Bhattacharya

The forgotten Einstein: how John von Neumann shaped the modern world

issue 09 October 2021

More than anyone else, John von Neumann created the future. He was an unparalleled genius, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, and he helped invent the world as we now know it. He came up with a blueprint of the modern computer and sparked the beginnings of artificial intelligence.

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