Scientist (28-Dec-1903 — 8-Feb-1957)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

American Mathematical Society. The Legacy of John Von Neumann. AMS Bookstore. 1990. 334pp. Conference proceedings, Summer Research Institute on the Legacy of John Von Neumann, Hofstra University, 1988.

Mohammed H. I. Dore; Sukhamoy Chakravarty; Richard M. Goodwin. John Von Neumann and Modern Economics. Clarendon Press. 1989. 256pp.

Steve Heims. John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death. Cambridge, MA: Massaschusetts Institute of Technology. 1980. 548pp.

Norman MacRae. John Von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More. AMS Bookstore. 2000. 406pp.

Miklós Rédei (editor). John Von Neumann: Selected Letters. AMS Bookstore. 2005. 301pp.

Nicholas A. Vonneuman. John Von Neumann as Seen by His Brother. Self-Published. 1987. 142pp.

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5. Encyclopedia of American Biography (p.1155)

6. 20th Century Culture: A Biographical Companion (p.790)

7. International Dictionary of 20th Century Biography (p.514)

8. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 5th Edition (p.1074)

9. Webster's American Biographies (p.764)

10. Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography (p.760)

11. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (p.491)

12. Hutchinson Paperback Dictionary of Biography (p.367)

13. Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientists (p.494)

14. The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ideas (p.531)

15. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.130)

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