The MANIAC

Why it’s on the list: Benjamin Labatut’s genre-bending account centered on John von Neumann — the polymath behind the MANIAC computer, game theory, and the foundations of the digital age — tracing the rise of modern computation and the dawn of AI.

Where I saw it: Saved to #books-to-read from the January 24th, 2024 Roam daily-note (Amazon link).

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