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Legendary historian and philosopher of science George Dyson vividly re-creates the scenes of focused experimentation, incredible mathematical insight, and pure creative genius that gave us computers, digital television, modern genetics, models of stellar evolution—in other words, computer... read more
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- John Von Neumann: Always read about his contributions to computing in dry comp sci history books ..but now we can learn about the person behind the legends...
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- Princeton
- United States
- Los Alamos
- New York City
- Budapest
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- Washington
- America
- Germany
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- England
- Russia
- Newark
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- Cambridge
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- Klan
- London
- Chicago
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- Vienna
- Pennsylvania
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- D.c.
- Berlin
- Trenton
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- Hungary
- Zworykin
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- Austria
- Paris
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- Japan
- Norway
- New Mexico
- Bletchley Park
- Nagasaki
- Kilburn
- Gottingen
- Poland
- Louisville
- William Penn
- Delaware
- Oslo
- Hiroshima
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- George Dyson (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2012
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Publication Date: 2012
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Awards edit
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Finalist, 2012: Science and Technology, Shortlist)
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- Dewey: 500
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