{"product_id":"the-world-as-a-mathematical-giorgio-israel-9783764398958","title":"The World as a Mathematical Game: John Von Neumann and Twentieth Century Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eGalileo and Newton's work towards the mathematisation of the physical world; Leibniz's universal logical calculus; the Enlightenment's math matique sociale. John von Neumann inherited all these aims and philosophical intuitions, together with an idea that grew up around the Vienna Circle of an ethics in the form of an exact science capable of guiding individuals to make correct decisions. With the help of his boundless mathematical capacity, von Neumann developed a conception of the world as a mathematical game, a world globally governed by a universal logic in which individual consciousness moved following different strategies: his vision guided him from set theory to quantum mechanics, to economics and to his theory of automata (anticipating artificial intelligence and cognitive science). This book provides the first comprehensive scientific and intellectual biography of John von Neumann, a man who perhaps more than any other is representative of twentieth century science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giorgio Israel, Ana Mill疣 Gasca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3764398957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783764398958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Giorgio Israel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126045405439,"sku":"9783764398958","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6b269c6-d887-4d36-80a7-dd7452c14f73.jpg?v=1687445975","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-as-a-mathematical-giorgio-israel-9783764398958","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}