János Neumann – Az ember a blómjező, written by British science writer Ananyo Bhattacharya, is a fascinating book, but we strongly believe that mathematicians and physicists familiar with quantum mechanics will enjoy it much more than general readers. We advise you to update what you learned in physics class before starting…
As the cover declares, Financial Times In 2022 Book of the Sunnah He chose Ananyu Bhattacharya currency About Janus NeumannFrom this fact we have to conclude that Financial Times journalists start grinding immediately after they wake up from their sleep Paul Dirac The basic equation of relativistic quantum mechanics, Max Born His theory of statistical description of the behavior of subatomic particles, A Werner Heisenberg The relationship of indeterminacy created by…
In the absence of this knowledge, we may not be able to understand how great Janus Neumann’s giant is in physics, and in quantum mechanics. But his number is unavoidable not only in quantum mechanics, where his work contributed greatly to game theory, set theory, and chaos theory, not to mention that his research made it possible to create the machine on which you are reading this article, which is nothing but like a computer.
This book is a 400-page tribute to the genius of Janus Neumann, because there is no doubt that he had an amazing mind. He was doing calculations in his head as quickly as the first primitive electronic computers; The historical or fictional books he read in German, Greek, and French during his student years are still being quoted decades later without paper; Thanks to his innate photographic memory, he was actually a bipedal lexicographer.
Ananyu Bhattacharya not only introduces us to the life of this extraordinary man, but also to the mind of this extraordinary man with the same precision as his idol… His book consists of the following large units: It started in Budapest. to infinity and beyond; quantum messenger; Project Y and Super; The winding road to the birth of the modern computer; game theory; Coastal Research Centre; View replicas; Conclusion – What is the future like?
In addition to gaining insight into Newman’s impressive works, while reading the book, our Hungarian Jewish chest is filled with pride… After all, Newman had friendships or working relationships with such illustrious Hungarian Jews as Jenny Wegener, Todor Karman, Leo Szilard, Dennis Gabor, Abraham Wald, Eddie Teller, György Marx…
We recommend this excellent book to anyone who is better than average in mathematics and physics, and who is also passionately interested in the processes that lead to the birth of an important scientific result. In addition, Ananyu Bhattacharya skillfully blends scientific sections with stories related to his personal life, and from the latter the character of a scientist unfolds before us who can in no way be classified into the stereotype of a “scientist who shuts himself in a scientific ivory tower.”
Newman was indeed eccentric, but this was evident in his work: in an astonishingly short time he was able to solve problems on which his world-famous colleagues had been working for months, and even years. Apart from that, he loved life, loved to have fun and laugh a lot – which makes the picture painted by Bhattacharya even more dear to us.
Thank you Open books It was to the credit of the publisher that he made this work available in Hungarian as well, which is not called impossible reading just because you had to keep leaving it while reading to look for certain theories – of course on the computer, in which János Neumann played an important role. the job Janos Kepes Translation, and all our appreciation for his work: it could not have been easy…
Ananyu Bhattacharya: János Neumann – The Man from the Future, Open Books, 2023, 398 pages, 6999 HUF
