The Maniac

the author of When We Cease to Understand the World: a thrilling, kaleidoscopic book about the destructive chaos lurking in the history of computing and AI'Monstrously good... Reads like a dark foundation myth about modern technology but told with the pace of a thriller' Mark HaddonIn a scintillating mix of fact and fiction, The MANIAC tells of the dark foundations of our modern world and the nascent era of AI.At its core is John von Neumann, a titan of science who revolutionised fields from game theory to computer systems and helped develop the atomic bomb. As illness unmoored his mind, his work pushed further into areas beyond human comprehension and control.With dazzling mastery, Benjamin Labatut weaves von Neumann's story together with the crises in physics at the beginning of the twentieth century and humanity's showdown with artificial intelligence a hundred years later. Innovative and disquieting, this book plunges us into the most profound questions of humanity, where reason teeters on the brink of chaos.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Benjamin Labatut, Benjamín Labatut
• Editore: Pushkin Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.07.2024
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi
• EAN: 9781782279822
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-982-2
• Numero di pagine: 354
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.9 x 19.8 x 2.8 cm
• Categorie: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, Artificial Intelligence, Mark Haddon, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, SCIENCE / History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, FICTION / Disaster, Speculative fiction, Philip Pullman, William Boyd, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, physics history novel, historical fiction about technology, history of computing book, mathematical genius fiction, science in fiction, AI in publishing, fiction on human evolution, dark foundations of modern world, Fiction about game theory, Fiction about Oppenheimer, game theory invention, novel about scientific ethics, Fiction for people who enjoyed the Oppenheimer movie, history of digital revolution, John von Neumann biography, AI and digital life novel, literary triptych novel, historical fiction on AI development, Cold War technology fiction, Fiction about the history of computing, Read more on Oppenheimer, barack obamas summer reading list, existential fiction about technology, literary exploration of technology, Paul Ehrenfest biography, invention and Armageddon novel, novel about Cold War technology, military industrial complex book, fiction blending fact and fiction, history of AI and technology, AI versus human intelligence, fiction exploring rational thought, Non-Fiction Novel, AI history novel, literary book on AI history, dark side of computing fiction, fiction about John von Neumann, narrative on technology's impact, the international booker prize