This article appears in the December 12/19, 2022 issue. Illustration by Lily Qian. Unlike his much more famous colleague Albert Einstein, John von Neumann is not a household name these days, but ...

THE MAN FROM THE FUTURE The Visionary Life of John von Neumann By Ananyo Bhattacharya Illustrated. 353 pages. W.W. Norton & Company. $30. The mathematician John von Neumann was an undeniable ...

‘The Man From the Future’ Review: The Genius of John von Neumann The Hungarian-born mathematician contributed greatly to the fields of quantum mechanics, game theory, nuclear physics—and more.

His career achievements, including vast contributions to the theory of nonlinear optimization methods and the creation of new, widely applied algorithms, earned him the George B. Dantzig Prize in 2012 ...

Fortress of Logic How the game theory of John von Neumann transformed the 20th century. David Nirenberg November 28, 2022 ...