A review by scott_froggers
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya

4.0

I didn't expect to learn as much as I did from this book. I was fascinated by the chapter on automatons, surprised on the chapter with game theory, and charmed by the anecdotes that I haven't read so far in other books. (about Los Alamos, for example.)

I think 30% of the book was based around Von Neumann's actual life and work. The rest was either general exposition, or a mini-biography of another prominent scientist in the same field. These were intriguing, but you should know that this book isn't totally focused on Von Neumann before you read it with those expectations.

Overall, very glad to have read it. Thank you for the nice surprise Bhattacharya.