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The Maniac

by Benjamín Labatut
The Maniac
The Maniac
The Maniac

Unraveling the mind's darkest, most intricate depths.

If you're someone who's fascinated by the complexities of human psychology and the fine line between genius and madness, "The Maniac" by Benjamin Labatut could be an enthralling read for you. Labatut is known for his ability to weave scientific and philosophical concepts into compelling narratives, making the abstract intensely personal and gripping. This book could offer you an immersive dive into the psyche's most enigmatic corners.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Maniac

by Benjamín Labatut
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ISBN: 9781805330677
Authors: Benjamín Labatut
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Date of Publication: 2023-09-12
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Philosophy, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.34
(rated by 24988 readers)

Description

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hungarian polymath John von Neumann, tracing the impact of his singular legacy on the dreams and nightmares of the twentieth century and the nascent age of AI. Benjamín Labatut’s When We Cease to Understand the World electrified a global readership. A Booker Prize and National Book Award finalist, and one of the New York Times’ Ten Best Books of the Year, it explored the life and thought of a clutch of mathematicians and physicists who took science to strange and sometimes dangerous new realms. In The Maniac, Labatut has created a tour de force on an even grander scale. A prodigy whose gifts terrified the people around him, John von Neumann transformed every field he touched, inventing game theory and the first programmable computer, and pioneering AI, digital life, and cellular automata. Through a chorus of family members, friends, colleagues, and rivals, Labatut shows us the evolution of a mind unmatched and of a body of work that has unmoored the world in its wake. The Maniac places von Neumann at the center of a literary triptych that begins with Paul Ehrenfest, an Austrian physicist and friend of Einstein, who fell into despair when he saw science and technology become tyrannical forces; it ends a hundred years later, in the showdown between the South Korean Go Master Lee Sedol and the AI
 

Unraveling the mind's darkest, most intricate depths.

If you're someone who's fascinated by the complexities of human psychology and the fine line between genius and madness, "The Maniac" by Benjamin Labatut could be an enthralling read for you. Labatut is known for his ability to weave scientific and philosophical concepts into compelling narratives, making the abstract intensely personal and gripping. This book could offer you an immersive dive into the psyche's most enigmatic corners.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.