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Main Authors:	Israel, Giorgio 1945- (Author), Millán Gasca, Ana (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Basel [u.a.] Birkhäuser 2009
Series:	Science network: historical studies 38
Subjects:	Von Neumann, John <1903-1957> Von Neumann, John > 1903-1957 Mathematicians > United States > Biography USA Biografie
Links:	http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=017317489&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Physical Description:	XII, 207 S. 24 cm
ISBN:	9783764398958

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adam_text	CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS . VII INTRODUCTION . . . IX 1 JANOS NEUMANN'S EARLY YEARS 1.1 A JEWISH FAMILY IN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY BUDAPEST . .1 1.2 A YOUNG TALENT IN HUNGARIAN MATHEMATICS BELLE 4POQUE . . 2 1.3 LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. THE VON NEUMANN GENERATION . . 7 1.4 STUDENT YEARS IN GERMANY . . . 13 2 VON NEUMANN AND THE MATHEMATICS OF GOTTINGEN 2.1 THE GOTTINGEN MATHEMATICIANS . . . . 19 2.2 HILBERT'S MATHEMATICAL OPTIMISM . . 22 2.3 THE PROBLEMS OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS AND THE AXIOMATIC APPROACH . . . 25 2.4 THE AXIOMATIZATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS AND FUNCTIONAL SPACES . . . . 31 2.5 A CRUCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO GAME THEORY . 39 3A MATHEMATICIAN BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE 3.1 CONTINUITY AND EVOLUTION IN VON NEUMANN'S THOUGHT . 49 3.2 AXIOMATICS AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY RENEWAL OF MATHEMATICAL PRACTICE . . 53 3.3 VON NEUMANN'S CONCEPTION OF MATHEMATICS . 57 3.4 THE LANGUAGE OF MATHEMATICS AND DETERMINISM . 60 3.5 THE WORLD AS A STRATEGIC GAME: A MATHEMATICAL IDEA OF RATIONALITY . 67 4 VON NEUMANN IN THE UNITED STATES 4.1 PRINCETON AND THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL COMMUNITY IN THE 1930S . . . 75 4.2 A LUCKY MIGRANT . . 79 4.3 SCIENTIFIC COMMITMENT DURING WORLD WAR II . . 82 VI CONTENTS 4.4 FROM THE MANHATTAN PROJECT TO THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION . . 87 4.5 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND NATIONAL SECURITY DURING THE COLD WAR . . 91 4.6 FREEDOM AND LIMITATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY . 96 4.7 SYSTEMS, INFORMATION, CONTROL . 104 4.8 VON NEUMANN'S FINAL YEARS: A VERY ENGAGED EXPERT AND THE TIME STEALTHILY BORROWED FOR THE SCIENTIST'S PROJECTS . 115 5 BEYOND MATHEMATICS: VON NEUMANN'S SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY IN THE 1940S AND 1950S 5.1 FROM RATIONAL ECONOMY TO THE AXIOMATIZATION OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOUR . 121 5.2 THE THEORY OF GAMES: A NEW MATHEMATICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES . 128 5.3 DECISIONS, ORGANIZATION, OPERATIONS RESEARCH . 133 5.4 ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS: THE PROJECT OF AN ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR . 138 5.5 THE USE OF COMPUTER IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH . 147 5.6 THE BRAIN-COMPUTER ANALOGY . 154 CONCLUDING REMARKS: VON NEUMANN AND TWENTIETH CENTURY SCIENCE . 167 CHRONOLOGY . . 173 BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCES AND SCHOLARSHIP ON JOHN VON NEUMANN . . 175 JOHN VON NEUMANN'S PUBLISHED WORKS AND ARCHIVED PAPERS . 176 WORKS BY VON NEUMANN MENTIONED IN THE BOOK . 177 GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY . 181 INDEX OF NAMES . 201
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